arrietty7

I wish to add my thanks. Something similar happened years ago when I first started using Express Scribe and this was the solution then, but I had forgotten. now my new ES is working fine. thanks again. it was a little difficult to find this post with the solution, but persistence paid off.

I am having a similar problem. What is weird is that I bought a new desktop, downloaded v 4.16 of express scribe and it loads and plays DSS files without a problem. I bought a new laptop one month later, downloaded v 4.16, went to the savefile site to get the true speech codec that I needed for .wav files, which perform properly, but DSS files that work on my desktop do not work on the laptop. Both machines are running Vista home premium, but the laptop version is slightly newer and another fix that had to be made for the desktop, the dll for help files, has been fixed in the laptop version. I am pleased to see that the problem is being addressed in the software versions to come, but is there anything I can and should do now? BTW, DSS is on my list of files to download. edit: I just reread roadrunner's post and might try downloading v 4.05 tp see of that helps another edit: Thanks, Roadrunner. That worked. I have only one client who uses DSS files and fortunately he is a superb dictator, so any difference in sound quality is negligible.

I solved this problem for myself by going to the following site: http://www.savefile.com/files/520178 it is a true speech codec that does not come with vista. my express scribe files play now.