From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from vms173001pub.verizon.net (vms173001pub.verizon.net [206.46.173.1]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB47910A1F for ; Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:45:02 -0500 (EST) Received: from ownerp1um8rh4f ([68.163.163.229]) by vms173001.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0KCK00E0LA31MO03@vms173001.mailsrvcs.net> for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:45:02 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:44:57 -0500 From: "al Sten-Clanton" Subject: RE: question on using old external DECTalk In-reply-to: To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" Message-id: <0KCK00E0MA32MO03@vms173001.mailsrvcs.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Thread-index: AclkWAYoZwb/3DMXTjixGRe2IRhfsQELVAsQ X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 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: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:45:03 -0000 Gene, thanks! I'm having other problems, but trying the command, it seemed I sure got a lot of speed out of the thing. I'll try some other experiments. Al -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Gene Collins Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 12:09 PM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: question on using old external DECTalk Hi. You can see if yourDecTalk external supports anything faster by sending a synth command directly to the synthesizer. Try something like the following: echo "[:ra700]" >/sys/module/speakup/parameters/synth_direct See if that doesn't help. Gene >Hi, > > I think they did upgrade the DECtalk's maximum speech rate >sometime in the early 90's or so. So it's probably that the fastest >rate your old unit can do is slower than you like. I see no way around >this, since newer firmware almost certainly wasn't made for the older DECtalk units. >Jayson > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "al Sten-Clanton" >To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" > >Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 11:18 AM >Subject: RE:question on using old external DECTalk > > >> Greetings! >> >> I got an old external DECTalk from our commission for the blind. I >> tried using it briefly yesterday with the Speakup-modified Fedora 10 >> installation CD. It talked, but even at Speakup's rate 9, seemed >> notably slower than my TripleTalk LT. I'd thought that a DECTalk, >> even the oldest ones, wwas supposed to be able to speak at something >> over seven hundred words a minute. >> I didn't see anything on the device itself for adjusting its speech rate. >> >> Is there some software solution for this, or am I probably stuck with >> the slow speech if I use that device? Are newer versions of the >> DECTAlk faster? >> >> Thank you for any info. >> >> Al >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup