From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from wlym.com (wlym.com [66.135.63.43]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 278BC10A74 for ; Mon, 7 Sep 2009 00:56:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ccs.covici.com (pool-70-109-54-11.clppva.fios.verizon.net [70.109.54.11]) (authenticated bits=128) by wlym.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n874uD3l005746 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sun, 6 Sep 2009 23:56:16 -0500 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.3/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n874uA61014689 for ; Mon, 7 Sep 2009 00:56:13 -0400 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: how to tell which synthesizer is active X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.1.1 Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:56:10 -0400 Message-ID: <14688.1252299370@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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: Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:56:17 -0000 Hi. In the old days, even if I had a synthesizer built in the kernel, I could check and if speakup had deactivated because the synth was not connected, the name would be changed to none. I would like to be able to do this now because I want to automatically switch to a software synth if my hardware one is not connected. However, the name of the synth remains tthe same making it more difficult to do this. Any ideas on this would be appreciated. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com