From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from xdsl-158-84.244.84.bluetone.cz ([84.244.84.158] helo=gate.brailcom.cz) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1FlubL-0000Lz-00 for ; Thu, 01 Jun 2006 17:21:07 -0400 Received: (qmail 31984 invoked from network); 1 Jun 2006 23:02:52 +0200 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.15.2?) (192.168.15.2) by ns.brailcom.xx with SMTP; 1 Jun 2006 23:02:52 +0200 Message-ID: <447F5A08.6080802@brailcom.org> Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 23:20:08 +0200 From: Tomas Cerha Organization: Brailcom, o.p.s. User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tyler Littlefield , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: synthesizer? References: <002101c6837b$62e21e80$6401a8c0@grandmasfury> In-Reply-To: <002101c6837b$62e21e80$6401a8c0@grandmasfury> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8rc1 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: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:21:07 -0000 Tyler Littlefield wrote: > I have a double talk synthesizer (the external) when I install debian, > I use the ltlk driver if that helps. anyway, it has its moods, > sometimes it talks, and sometimes it doesn't, I tried running the boot > cd, and it didn't talk, I tried plugging it into windows, and it > didn't talk. > It always talks when I turn it on though. > I am thinking there is a short in the serial cable. > Is there something I can do for it? I can't afford a new one. Hello Tyler, have you considered using a software syntesizer? For example Festival is a Free Software and it works well with Speakup through Speech Dispatcher. Hope that helps. Best regards, Tomas.