From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Greylist: delayed 596 seconds by postgrey-1.34 at befuddled; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:43:10 EDT Received: from linserver.gregn.net (linserver.gregn.net [IPv6:2001:470:d:6c5::1]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 651CF1EF6F5 for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:43:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: by linserver.gregn.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5298B4405A; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:32:51 -0700 (MST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=gregn.net; s=default; t=1364607171; bh=KJJ+kGy4gLXz21KwnEuv9C88eO1Vg7dcI/sfQME6ZEU=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:In-Reply-To; b=KC5u6I/QprA5uA0pfMaF87SnCWLWNezR8RtrcURV/bry6VQSnnZ7kCALBgZmodFoT XKnYtDRJVYjy8UMRVg/5jYYesZwfFPhJFSfOVqmaxi2wKR5z2LkhNhsX3f2/3dShKo sZ+N0yM+RgPlQeAUK0yP4s0PyC7xOLVo378UYLgg= Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:32:51 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Speakup Issues Message-ID: <20130330013250.GA17036@gregn.net> References: <20130329215924.GA14887@linux1> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130329215924.GA14887@linux1> X-PGP-Key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 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: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 01:43:11 -0000 On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 04:59:24PM -0500, William Hubbs wrote: > Another question is that we still have drivers for old internal ISA > synthesizers, such as the doubletalk pc, dectalk pc, accent pc and > keynote pc. Are these being used? Yes, I still have an old box here with an isa slot with a doubletalk pc. I mainly use it these days to access other linux boxes, because I'm very fond of my doubletalk, and don't want to give it up if I don't have to. I have nothing against espeak/espeakup, it's just that hearing that "doubletalk pc found" message invariably brings a smile to my face. Also, maybe it's my imagination, but that doubletalk pc on old hardware seems to still be slightly more responsive than espeak/espeakup on modern hardware. I have also idly toyed with the idea of getting one of these: http://www.arstech.com/item--usb2isa.html and found myself wondering if speakup could be made to drive a doubletalk pc through this converter. Greg -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/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