From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from vscan01.westnet.com.au ([203.10.1.131]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1FHIvY-0001G4-00 for ; Thu, 09 Mar 2006 06:03:28 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7A2F761653 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 19:02:56 +0800 (WST) Received: from vscan01.westnet.com.au ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (vscan01.westnet.com.au [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 26872-07 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 19:02:56 +0800 (WST) Received: from linden.yelavich.home (dsl-202-173-132-131.nsw.westnet.com.au [202.173.132.131]) by vscan01.westnet.com.au (Postfix) with SMTP id 8252A761633 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 19:02:56 +0800 (WST) Received: (nullmailer pid 18141 invoked by uid 1000); Thu, 09 Mar 2006 11:03:06 -0000 Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 22:03:06 +1100 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: USB TO SERIAL CABLE QUERY Message-ID: <20060309110306.GA18109@linden.yelavich.home> References: <003101c64352$5cd6fb50$9dc54aca@your3qchf34its> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <003101c64352$5cd6fb50$9dc54aca@your3qchf34its> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i From: Luke Yelavich X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 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: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 11:03:28 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 07:20:35PM EST, David Harvey wrote: > Hello, > > I just recently purchased a USB to serial cable, since my PC doesn't have a > serial port and I have an old DecTalk Express. > > I'm trying to get speakup working on a Knoppix CD. I hear the sound > "Initialising startup sequence" through my soundcard, but I'm not sure > what's on the screen from their on. > > I press alt f2 to open a consul, type > knoppix speakup_synth=dectlk > but nothing happens. Unfortunately, it is not possible to use a DECtalk express, or any other serial synth with a serial to USB cable, as Speakup talks directly to the serial ports in the computer to access the synth. This is so that the synth can start speaking as soon as the kernel loads. Your only option I am affraid is software speech. - -- Luke Yelavich GPG key: 0xD06320CE (http://www.themuso.com/themuso-gpg-key.txt) Email & MSN: themuso@themuso.com ICQ: 18444344 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEEAtqjVefwtBjIM4RAst6AKDZaaZcVdqS9UO8ZwgqoXzDZNJKWQCdEgYx /hMIiy0lb17H/Sc0UnLiqV4= =w6fF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----