From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=linserver.romuald.net.eu.org) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18kY3o-0003SW-00 for ; Sun, 16 Feb 2003 18:19:00 -0500 Received: (qmail 448 invoked by uid 1023); 16 Feb 2003 23:18:03 -0000 Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 17:18:03 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: patching synthesizer to sound card Message-ID: <20030216231803.GA444@romuald.net.eu.org> References: <20030216230838.GC1397@rednote.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030216230838.GC1397@rednote.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i 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 List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: If you would have lowered the volume on the synth, you probably would have gotten a better signal as a result. Greg On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 03:08:38PM -0800, Janina Sajka wrote: > Hi, Chuck: > > I haven't tried patching back to the sound card, but I have patched into > a mixer. I hated it, and I gave up on it. There was a nasty pop every > time the Doubletalk speech started up, and every time it stopped. Also, > the signal was quite noisy. These are not things we hear from the > speaker that ships with the Doubletalk internal, or what we hear from > the external units themselves. But, it seems Doubletalk doesn't do well > with an upgraded sound system as output. Tis a shame, and I hope someone > has some good ideas about it. >