VMS Help RTL Routines, DTK$, DTK$INITIALIZE  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

   The Initialize DECtalk routine  initializes  a  DECtalk  device  and
   returns the device's assigned voice identifier.

      Format:

        DTK$INITIALIZE  voice-id ,output-device [,device-type]

      Arguments:

   voice-id

   OpenVMS usage: identifier
   type:          longword (unsigned)
   access:        write only
   mechanism:     by reference

   Voice identifier of the newly created DECtalk device.  The  voice-id
   argument  is  the address of an unsigned longword that receives this
   identifier.

   output-device

   OpenVMS usage: device_name
   type:          character string
   access:        read only
   mechanism:     by descriptor

   File specification or logical name to which  the  output  associated
   with  the  DECtalk device is written.  The output-device argument is
   the address of a descriptor pointing to this logical name.

   device-type

   OpenVMS usage: longword_signed
   type:          longword (signed)
   access:        write only
   mechanism:     by reference

   Device type of the  newly  created  DECtalk  device.   The  optional
   device-type  argument  is  the  address  of  a  signed longword that
   receives the device-type information.  The two  valid  device  types
   are:

        DTK$K_DTC_01      For DECtalk I.

        DTK$K_DTC_03      For DECtalk III.