From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from linserver.romuald.net.eu.org ([63.228.150.209]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Gec2w-0006KR-00 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:39:42 -0500 Received: (qmail 29430 invoked by uid 1000); 30 Oct 2006 11:39:10 -0700 Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:39:10 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: external synthrecommendation? Message-ID: <20061030183910.GA29298@localhost.localdomain> References: <05c401c6fc42$ad3d61c0$4ba65c90@vv507j> <20061030180902.GA31718@cm.nu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061030180902.GA31718@cm.nu> X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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, 30 Oct 2006 18:39:42 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm also not familiar with the doubletalk lt, but I'd also find out if maybe the serial cable going from the pc to the synth went bad. It doesn't happen often, but I've had to go through 2-3 cables in the ten years that I've owned my bns, so a bad cable isn't unheard of. Greg On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 10:09:02AM -0800, Shane wrote: > I'm not familiar with the dtlk but the following should > apply to most hardware synths. Are their dip switches or > some other means by which serial parameters are set, bps, > data bits, etc etc. If it says dectalk ready and doesn't > speech following, it could be as simple as that. Also, > with some hardware, when the battery dies and doesn't > charge, it doesn't allow the synth to work. I've had this > happen to several accents and opening the unit and simply > disconnecting the battery fixes that. > > S > -- > http://www.cm.nu/~shane/ > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFRkbO7s9z/XlyUyARArnGAJ9tyg+FyPsRSWSJIIhI1RDxJQMRaACdGuWR QdMo7ts1OG5l33xLs4CkLzA= =7lT5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----