From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from fed1rmmtao05.cox.net ([68.230.241.34]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1FlT9f-00029k-00 for ; Wed, 31 May 2006 12:02:43 -0400 Received: from lnx2.holmesgrown.com ([70.162.12.128]) by fed1rmmtao05.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20060531160212.GGQO5347.fed1rmmtao05.cox.net@lnx2.holmesgrown.com> for ; Wed, 31 May 2006 12:02:12 -0400 Received: from lnx3.holmesgrown.com ([192.168.1.5] ident=mail) by lnx2.holmesgrown.com with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 1FlT93-0005T5-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 31 May 2006 09:02:05 -0700 Received: from steve by lnx3.holmesgrown.com with local (Exim 4.20) id 1FlT90-0004Ft-VX for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 31 May 2006 09:02:02 -0700 Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 09:02:02 -0700 From: Steve Holmes To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Driver for Echo Speech Synthesizers Message-ID: <20060531160158.GA16271@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: <200605302239.k4UMdGhn026936@dc.cis.okstate.edu> <20060531005355.GA29699@garrettk17.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060531005355.GA29699@garrettk17.lan> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: "Steve Holmes,,," X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8rc1 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: Wed, 31 May 2006 16:02:43 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Wow, I remember that box. I used to use the Echo for several years until I got a Speakout from GW Micro. I got to where I couldn't stand the squeaks and squocks when shutting up speech and one place where I worked, I kept getting all kinds of wierd RF interference from a near-by construction site. If the driver is stable, I would suggest giving it to Kirk and have him include it in future Speakup versions. On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 08:53:55PM -0400, Garrett Klein wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > Hi Martin, > > I actually already wrote a driver for the echo, which basically took the bns code, changed some constants, and added the necessary "glue" in the kernel Makefile and synthlist.h to declare it as a new synth. email me off-list and I'll send you the C source file and the relevant patches (though they might not work against the latest CVS speakup, depending on whether the order of lines has changed or not). > > Garrett > > On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 05:39:16PM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: > > I am going to attempt to write a driver or actually a > > pair of similar drivers for the Street Electronics external > > speech synthesizers. For those who haven't ever used them, they > > are low-end synthesizers that were sold around 20 years ago. I > > have one that will turn 20 this year and a somewhat newer Echo > > model that superceeded the first one and has a few pros and cons > > over the older model. > > > > I looked at the driver modules in the speakup source tree > > and decided to look at the BNS module. I have a question and may > > have a few more before this is all over. Does the Braille and > > speak use the Control-E as the escape character for its speech > > control commands? The Echos also use that character, but mainly > > I am asking so I better understand what I am looking at in the > > source. > > > > I am sure that the commands to change pitch and volume > > are different, but they did look kind of similar to those of the > > Echo. > > > > Anyway, I think the fun is going to be in trying to make > > the Echo which has an extremely simple command structure get > > along with everything else. I was impressed at how small the > > drivers are and I hope I can do as well as Kirk and others do > > when I have a go at trying to make the Echo work. I have one at > > work in addition to the two that I actually own, so there is an > > incentive to make this work. > > > > Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK > > Systems Engineer > > OSU Information Technology Department Network Operations Group > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iQIVAwUBRHzpI/Q3GgYHRr/HAQolVg//Y7Ffnzwk0nf9Ebq5E9kA1ErXXZjVbZh9 > WQsP02k+4VNX6YQFQ1Va7TRrz64HhllUrFjvDZWTyp4zB9UZGTk7/RmeevTg1tju > q3gNWllILSw6kWkTx3TQvJdIyqof5WL2t41Eh7Q7GecbEhUl5pMoOBw5sGxP+J0g > +Ng9gJ/bKVLYl0W/hqwjibt7qRU8+Nys1ejeSxOD0zlHoKKdT+rN+qbA0j3nUAno > StVzS1sJMniPPgwFSDLGujDPQM+fq9bwNKevQh6kBUUtrUlRdf9yTY6ujBPWPoMh > 31qqZF3T6yDlxUwXWh+lcJnUfp5/VjM02JLT3ZdUz5de9CbzLoSlU6epKQtobD1c > HAzn8L2dAU6mTQLTtS6W7vN1bgpDHACNIgLmyVaHaHphvYOxrwXBVY+JPulI6HYx > mIKZtOAAW89gPjgy5Wlw8EmP9uF1PDzRXdPsnjkNQEZ4K5r8Wl1G5EvCMWaHdXSA > 9tm0tChEFQLqPnMhDwW5V1lm1DI8koGgBvrctgQO+fo1Vc25kDc8g9ejqac0BE6t > DFt6FivMpWr6KnkEDDTdO9aVBljGDzmHRbuo0EvbNTJGxQX33Bw8GQl4QBfDCHoI > sAr9SJmSranJBlD29KWcpQZLCO4NDt8BKqcJj8+MkgbBKWiTZPvOKf+g7OMU2ZLm > qkVG+6qhcUs= > =FT+q > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://ld.net/?holmesgrown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEfb32WSjv55S0LfERA6oFAKDvXC/ip7LjyTi99bZDWnM0vMpSQACgiWNy A6tPMHtNrMFiUKqXk1AiN6A= =IwHZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----