From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.doorpi.net ([209.94.175.5] helo=mail.algoma.doorpi.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1IKlqm-0003Ky-00 for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:09:40 -0400 Received: from brent827e59cc1 (unverified [24.166.155.235]) by doorpi.net (SurgeMail 3.8f3) with ESMTP id 8854333-1775297 for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:06:03 -0500 Message-ID: <00cd01c7de18$2ca7bc00$eb9ba618@brent827e59cc1> From: "Brent Harding" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20070812132710.GA23570@alastair-irving> <002201c7dcef$ccf967a0$ab00a8c0@proficio> Subject: Re: Considering writing a synth emulator for use with virtual machines Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:09:40 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 X-Authenticated-User: bharding@doorpi.net X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "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: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:09:40 -0000 I thought I heard someone mention something called Echospeak once that would support the commands of an echo synthesizer on a virtual serial port and then tell Jaws in Windows to speak what Speakup sent. I never found info about this anywhere, so it may have just been an idea. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Sutherland" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 9:48 AM Subject: Re: Considering writing a synth emulator for use with virtual machines > Alastair, > > The communication protocol is asynchronous serial uart. > This is probably the most widely documented protocol > ever in existence. That part should be easy. On the end > of that protocol you have the actual synth commands > received over that communication protocol. You can > examine the driver code in speakup for details on this. > > -- Doug > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >