Welcome,

On this page you can download the first version of Speech, an executable that allows you to teach your computer any language. I developed it in 2001, and lost the source code a few years ago. Therefore we have to deal with the limitations below:

- only for PCs

- works with windows XP, never tested on later versions of windows

- interface is in French

To install Speech on your computer, download the file speech.zip attached to this webpage. You must then copy all the files contained in the archive onto your hard drive disk C's root. If in doubt, open an explorer window and type C: in the address bar. That's where you must copy the files.

To use speech, enter your 4 letters name when prompted and start typing sentences. You will get a lot of "je vous ecoute" at first which is french for "tell me more". Explain what you meant and keep trying until it starts using the sentences it learned from you as reponses. At any moment you can hit the ESCAPE key to access the command line menu. Since everything is in French you might get lost. Just press ENTER to go back to the dialogue window.

Enjoy this primitive version of Speech and stay tuned for more developments to come. Julien Tord