From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.50]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17wVji-0007Ag-00 for ; Tue, 01 Oct 2002 18:43:26 -0400 Received: from user30.net508.nj.sprint-hsd.net ([65.40.193.30] helo=6S4X011) by avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17wVjd-0000Bx-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 01 Oct 2002 15:43:22 -0700 Message-ID: <024901c2699b$ef94d0f0$6701a8c0@6S4X011> From: "Erik Heil" To: References: Subject: Re: Dec Talk internal cards supported? Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 18:43:12 -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 6.00.2800.1106 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: "Erik Heil" List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi there. How would one download the necissary software onto the Dectalk board? BC what I was thinking is possibly modify the firmware on the board so that it doesn't need to be downloaded or sent an init command. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Collins" To: Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 2:33 PM Subject: Re: Dec Talk internal cards supported? > Hello all. There are no dectalk internal boards supported to my > knowledge. Only the external serial dectalk express and the original > dectalk external synthesizers are supported. The problem with the > internal isa cards is that they have to have software downloaded onto > the card before they can be used. Since Speakup is activated and > initialized almost the first thing after the kernel is loaded and > initialized, and before the file system is available, there is at > present no way to have the kernel download the software onto the > internal dectalk boards. I believe you can use these boards with emacs > speak, but I am not familiar with it, and so can not say. Making these > dectalk boards usable is on Kirk's to do list, but there are a number of > things that have to happen first, such as the almost complete rewrite of > Speakup to make it usable with the 2.2.5 kernels, and the modularization > of the synthesizer drivers, before a dectalk-pc driver could be written. > > Gene > > >It is difficult to find computers or have on ebuilt with the isa slots > >required for the dec pc's. So $150 might be unrealistic. > > > >-- charlie. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >