From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pa0-f47.google.com (mail-pa0-f47.google.com [209.85.220.47]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3E9A51EF6FF for ; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 08:13:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-pa0-f47.google.com with SMTP id bj3so688415pad.20 for ; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 05:13:00 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent:x-gm-message-state; bh=3XNsESM+C4HSDyqvfzPoL/dcw7cQ2EjG7JKrKrNil9I=; b=mYY1EECc7nkGfDIWu7lkl2LfO/I7BeuYZHpEBl9F89xXw46hF8yQE/D8Y+4xWmEvL9 9oEKkF4SSeqdYojcwRRyoJWr7qBFSgyKPhXoJlwnM5KZ/40QQh5//J4vIQ06/f9iuDef Qw/GtzjyR8jZ6st4Jt4tMtsdGcRVad4Ajs+8zJUeBv2TksGxHmEuVW0h/ZcIKEphfXTF RQKVd008O66GLJ3muZJwgX78TwlSMtaJXmVm0WTmUJtnXMd/8vTfi/yiRsKzrWyBPpxd UmYQOuGbAiUp6rnj23sC3xumNKF6lwLSTjUiPt7IXCTQZAJNEjqUN1Lvr/tUbms7h7rn lv2A== X-Received: by 10.68.75.109 with SMTP id b13mr8541717pbw.25.1364645579378; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 05:12:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from linlap.wavecable.com (76-14-154-236.rk.wavecable.com. [76.14.154.236]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id tm1sm6413627pbc.11.2013.03.30.05.12.58 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 30 Mar 2013 05:12:58 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 05:12:55 -0700 From: Steve Holmes To: speakup@linux-speakup.org Subject: Re: Speakup Issues Message-ID: <20130330121255.GB17037@linlap.wavecable.com> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@linux-speakup.org References: <20130329215924.GA14887@linux1> <20130330013250.GA17036@gregn.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130330013250.GA17036@gregn.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkNgH/i8/EZRlb+D3v1lsoaNvQ01ckXOKr1R48C+m3S42Y/IdxnqzFG8F8b/vh/L8iJOWH1 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 12:13:08 -0000 I would say "Ditch the old ISA support." Sorry Greg:). I say this for the old simple reason that ISA buses aren't even made anymore AFAIK. I realize there may still be some older legacy hardware out there but after some point, it really isn't practical to support it anymore. People have made similar remarks about serial ports in general but I have a feeling that serial ports are living a longer life than ISA buses and if this support is keeping Speakup out of the Kernel spotlight then we should dump it. Greg, I have a USB Tripple Talk USB here and would love to be able to use it with Speakup and I think it would be quite responsive provided the USB synth support is good and tight. On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 06:32:51PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup