From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from QMTA06.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta06.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.56]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BE8810C56 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:55:20 -0500 (EST) Received: from OMTA13.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.52]) by QMTA06.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id sKnb1a00E17UAYkA6LvKdM; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:55:19 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.230] ([68.57.215.48]) by OMTA13.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id sLvH1a00a13DaEU8ZLvJEG; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:55:19 +0000 Message-ID: <4949673C.9060900@comcast.net> Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:55:24 -0600 From: Garrett Klein User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Windows/20081105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: speakup and hald conflict in Slackware 12.2 References: <8EE5E5DEC7C14304A337E957050EB8D0@ZKDESKTOP> <20081216064224.GB30529@localhost.localdomain> <7ABE31F924E74FEA8FF5C5A82111FBB9@ZKMOBILE> In-Reply-To: <7ABE31F924E74FEA8FF5C5A82111FBB9@ZKMOBILE> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 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: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:55:20 -0000 How are you using VirtualBox 2,6? QT4 doesn't read at all with JAWS. Zachary Kline wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" > > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 10:42 PM > Subject: Re: speakup and hald conflict in Slackware 12.2 > > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 07:36:54PM -0800, Zachary Kline wrote: >>> I, too, am >>> using a Dectalk USB in serial mode, with VirtualBox, for what that's >>> worth. >> >> Well, I've got gnome, and hal too, running under debian testing in >> virtualbox, and am not seeing sluggish response, when using the bns as >> the synth. So, I'd say that whether running under virtualbox, or on >> actual iron probably doesn't make a difference here, since using the >> bns on a real box is fine here, in both cases (except for vbox's >> serial port issues), as I've said before. >> >> BTW, speaking of virtualbox, how are you managing to use the dectalk, >> given vbox's serial port issues? >> >> http://vbox.innotek.de/ticket/812 >> > Hi Greg, > I'm using Virtualbox 2.0.6 under a Windows XP host. I haven't > noticed any serial port issues, certainly not as described in the above > ticket. (Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that by default > the Dectalk USB in serial mode seems to use Xon/Xoff handshaking?) > I use a USB-to-serial converter on both my desktop and laptop with > the Dectalk this way. VirtualBox doesn't react oddly at all, and the > unit just works. I must confess, though, that the intricacies of serial > communications are for the most part beyond me. I'm just glad to be > able to say that it works for me, though I don't know why. > Hope this helps, somehow. > Best, > Zack. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >