From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from adsl-20-81-130.sdf.bellsouth.net ([66.20.81.130] helo=jaybird.no-ip.info) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BRlFJ-0003Bv-00 for ; Sun, 23 May 2004 01:10:01 -0400 Received: from h2c8f0 (unknown [192.168.0.101]) by jaybird.no-ip.info (Postfix) with SMTP id 6F0164957 for ; Sun, 23 May 2004 01:09:30 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <005b01c44084$20c293e0$6500a8c0@h2c8f0> From: "Jayson Smith" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <200405230152.i4N1qQUK026318@ms-smtp-01-eri0.ohiordc.rr.com> Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 01:09:30 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Subject: Re: Dectalk isa model X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: Jayson Smith , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 05:10:01 -0000 The Dectalk Express doesn't say words with apostrophes right either, under Speakup. It treats what's to the right as a separate word. E.G. doesn't is spoken as doesn t. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Myrow" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 10:26 PM Subject: Re: Dectalk isa model > I have had pretty bad luck with the Dectalk PC2 card that I have. I can > get it to work some of the time with the CVS speakup. If I have already > loaded the drivers from Windows, it will come up talking. Otherwise, it > fails to load the drivers on cold boot, and requires another cold boot > before Windows can load the drivers again. From a cold boot, the command > "dtload -v" gives the output: > waitmode p=c001 s = 1000 > status -9 > testkernel got dec > Loading kernel of 25386 bytes ( 69 relocs ) > cs:ip == 0040:0010 ss:sp == 07b3:0200 > card is ready > dt_loadmem: addr = 00000400 size = 25386 > > Any attempt to load Speakup's Dectalk PC module at this point locks up the > computer. Even when I can get it speaking, it causes the clock in Linux > to start losing time at an alarming rate. This seems to be some sort of > interrupt issue. For example, if I start playing a sound file or > streaming audio, I can make the sound skip just by pressing keypad enter > regardless of whether the Dectalk PC is speaking or not. I've tried > changing the IO address of the Dectalk PC, but that made no difference. > I posted about some of my problems, especially the clock problem, on this > list, and nobody else seemed to be having them. The only problem > universally recognized is that the Dectalk doesn't say words with > apostrophes correctly under Speakup. I attempted to contact the developer > of the Dectalk PC driver, but my email bounced. I've pretty much > concluded that the Dectalk PC driver isn't ready for production use. If > you can get your hands on an old Double Talk or Accent PC, you'll have > better luck. On the other hand, maybe mine is an isolated case. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup