From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from wlym.com (wlym.com [208.79.16.96]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2E1810A1B for ; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:53:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ccs.covici.com (pool-96-247-198-37.clppva.fios.verizon.net [96.247.198.37]) (authenticated bits=128) by wlym.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n3DFrqHm015054 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:53:54 -0400 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n3DFrnu0006160 for ; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:53:52 -0400 Received: (from covici@localhost) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.2/8.13.7/Submit) id n3DFrn3U006159; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:53:49 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <18915.24589.264402.335484@ccs.covici.com> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:53:49 -0400 From: John covici To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Which hardware synthesizer to buy? In-Reply-To: References: <20090410212552.GA15942@clearwire.net> X-Mailer: VM ?bug? under Emacs 23.0.60.2 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: covici@ccs.covici.com, "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, 13 Apr 2009 15:53:55 -0000 Well, for my money, I wish you would do something like that -- sure its nice to have the whole thing as modules, but when its built-in there ought to be some finegling we can do. on Monday 04/13/2009 Kirk Reiser(kirk@braille.uwo.ca) wrote > On Fri, 10 Apr 2009, Gaijin wrote: > > > So, which synthesizer works with speakup these days. It sounds > > like my LiteTalk serial and Mike's Apollo are no longer viable, and the > > DecTalk still requires special software to work. Which model out there > > still works without a hitch, or which synthesizer is Kirk using? I > > figure if something crops up with Kirk's synthesizer, I figure it'll be > > the first one to get the "Oops! Better not do that," treatment. Anyone > > know which squeaky wheels are getting the grease, or is speakup > > gradually losing it's "from power-up to shutdown" capability with the > > software synth? I have enough set aside to get another synthesizer, and > > would rather drop the LiteTalk. Maybe then I can work with the newer > > kernels. How about it, Kirk? Which hardware synthesizer do you use? > > Well, the fact seems to be that I am using espeakup almost a hundred > percent of the time. When I do use a hardware synth I have an old > LiteTalk and a serial TripleTalk. However since William and I got > the espeakup working reliably I use it almost exclusively. > > Even with a hardware synth we have nowhere near a power-up to shutdown > solution like we used to have. From that perspective speakup is a > very sad distant relation to it's earlier self. If we were to go back > and include that capability we would probably lose the in-roads we've > made into being made available on many distributions and tolerance to > the linux kernel community. > > Kirk > -- > Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility > e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario > phone: (519) 661-3061 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- 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