Re: tclx drivers for emacspeak

[jrebman@netcom.com (Jim Rebman)]

> Is there anyplace that has a collection of tclx drivers for emacspeak?
> 
> Sure, the programming effort is supposed to be small, but an archive of 
> drivers that are even halfway working sounds like a good idea to me.

No, there is no archive of drivers because, there has been no motivation 
thus far to develop drivers for anything but the serial DecTalks and the 
software DecTalk that runs on the DECAlphas.  When developing drivers, 
keep in mind that these synthesizers are interfaced through the serial 
port (I'm not really sure how the software DECTalk works), because there 
are no linux/unix drivers for internal synthesizers.  So, if people are 
to develop drivers for internal synthesizers they must also develop a 
low-level driver for the card, and this will more than likely have to be 
at the kernel level.  There is one guy who is developing such a low-level 
driver for the internal DECTalk, but as he is working on it in his spare 
time, he makes no promises as to its release date.

So...  great idea, now if somebody with the motivation and the skill 
wants to undertake such an effort, I am sure it will be greatly 
appreciated by the community at large.  Keep in mind that this is the 
spirit of linux, and that its success comes from the fact that people 
support it because they believe in a alternative to the Microsoft way of 
thinking.

-- Jim Rebman <jrebman@netcom.com>