Re: PC Speaker synth for Speakup?

["Pete" <persuric@ameritech.net>]

  I used to use an old screen reader called seekline in dos.  It had an
option to use the P C speaker.  It hogged up around 300 K of conventional
memory though, and the rate I don't think was much faster than 200 to 250
words per min or so.  It sounded kind of like the doubletalk or monolog
speech.  Tinytalk came whith a demo version of speech that would work whith
the P C speaker.  The bad thing is the volume wasn't vary lowd, so you had
to have a quiet place to use either one.
  Pete

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow@gmx.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: PC Speaker synth for Speakup?


> I've heard some programs use the PC speaker before, and there somewhat
> understandable.  It depends on the coding.  There used to be this program
> for dos that would use the PC speaker to say the time, and some Star Wars
> frazes.  It was somewhat understandable, but not todally.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adam Myrow" <myrow@eskimo.com>
> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 5:42 PM
> Subject: PC Speaker synth for Speakup?
>
>
> > On Thu, 23 May 2002, Alex Snow wrote:
> >
> > > Hi All,
> > > I was just thinking: Would it be possible to right drivers to use the
pc
> > > speaker as a synth in speakup? Then for those who don't have a
hardware
> > > synth that would work.
> >
> > Maybe, but I'm not sure it would be understandable.  I mean, the PC
> > speaker is really small and quite limited.  I recall there used to be a
> > kernel patch to use the PC speaker as a sound card, so it is
theoretically
> > possible, but again, it would be hard to understand and very likely
> > low-volume.
> >
> >
> >
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