From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ns.pcdesk.net ([65.100.173.137] helo=pcdesk.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Gj6ii-0003aZ-00 for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2006 23:13:24 -0500 Received: from localhost ([::ffff:70.68.38.175]) (AUTH: LOGIN tspivey@pcdesk.net) by pcdesk.net with esmtp; Sat, 11 Nov 2006 21:12:36 -0700 id 03C02C83.45569F34.00006428 Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 20:12:57 -0800 From: Tyler Spivey To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: DecTalk ISA Annoyances! Message-ID: <20061112041257.GA10394@kanadio> References: <20061112024639.15257.qmail@web34514.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20061112030859.GB6213@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061112030859.GB6213@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14 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: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 04:13:24 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 this also happens with my dectalk express. try sending: d3d to it, and see what it says. - - Tyler On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 08:08:59PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I wonder if your problem could be caused by having preemption enabled > in the kernel? I've only heard of this happening with software speech > before, but from what I understand, the dectalk requires software to > be loaded into it to work, so I thought I'd mention it. > > Greg > > > On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 06:46:39PM -0800, Radical NetSurfer wrote: > > For some reason I am finding my new DecTalk ISA card > > goes into some weird mode where the 1st digit of a > > rank expression is lost, for example: > > > > 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, > > > > when this problem happens, the very 1st digit is > > totally ignored, I mean it is never spoken, and it > > spells out the other 2 letters however. > > > > Would anyone out there know what causes this? > > Some unusual character stream from a text file might > > do this; change into some mode I'm not aware of, if so > > how do I pin it down? > > > > I heard that maxi-aids websight was selling their > > DecTalk ISA OEM cards, apparently due to some silly > > rumor ISA is deprecated, there is absolutely no > > documentation, no driver disk, just the card itself. > > So I decided I would get two of them for their amazing > > closeout price. If we can get USB to support ISA > > cards, I am going to be very excited about having > > these > > cards on hand. > > > > I hope this is appropriate, but I would like to know > > where I might be able to find a working DoubleTalk LT > > unit. I am able to repair the serial cable to any > > working LT that simply requires a new serial cable. > > If you have a reasonable price on a more-or-less > > working DT unit, please email me directly. > > > > RadSurfer@yahoo.com > > > > Thanks. > > > > //Rich// > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. > > http://new.mail.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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) > > iD8DBQFFVpBL7s9z/XlyUyARAtNWAJsHakjQ+J8Guo2XScvM8+cVFqo74ACgiakc > 85StEALiGA5jjY6OcswPzJA= > =7g0u > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFVp9JTsjaYASMWKQRAt+dAJwPi4EPui/XIgv5VNPi0SoCTyI6jQCfWAy7 kD2z8wWI3PnLfwUbuSbZbBU= =u21D -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----