From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from msp-65-25-200-168.mn.rr.com ([65.25.200.168] helo=the-bofh.com ident=BOFH) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17B2ql-0001kK-00 for ; Thu, 23 May 2002 20:22:31 -0400 Received: from [65.25.200.168] by bofh (ArGoSoft Mail Server Plus, Version 1.8 (1.8.1.1)); Thu, 23 May 2002 19:22:29 -0500 Message-ID: <3CED87C4.1EC89D2D@zevils.com> Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 19:22:28 -0500 From: James Poss X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: PC Speaker synth for Speakup? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hello all, Yes, the internal speaker would be very low volume, as I have used the windows pc speaker driver in the passed before I was blessed with a soundcard. However, most laptops route the internal speaker through the built-in soundcard if there is one, and it is a simple matter of running a wire from the pins of the pc speaker to the pc speaker input on most soundcards. Unfortunately, there are some exceptions such as the IBM Aptiva line of computers, in which case the speaker is actually soddered directly to the board. If however, the seaker is connected via a wire that can be removed, a pc speaker synthesizer would most likely work quite nicely. Jim Adam Myrow wrote: > On Thu, 23 May 2002, Alex Snow wrote: > > > Hi All, > > I was just thinking: Would it be possible to right drivers to use the pc > > speaker as a synth in speakup? Then for those who don't have a hardware > > synth that would work. > > Maybe, but I'm not sure it would be understandable. I mean, the PC > speaker is really small and quite limited. I recall there used to be a > kernel patch to use the PC speaker as a sound card, so it is theoretically > possible, but again, it would be hard to understand and very likely > low-volume. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup