From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from hagus.bright.net ([209.143.0.74]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 16syk2-0005mW-00 for ; Wed, 03 Apr 2002 23:20:54 -0500 Received: from woos-max1-cs-5.dialne.bright.net (woos-max1-cs-5.dialne.bright.net [66.219.154.7]) by hagus.bright.net (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g344KuqC018849 for ; Wed, 3 Apr 2002 23:20:57 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 23:25:25 -0500 (EST) From: "Thomas D. Ward" X-X-Sender: To: Subject: Re: pci usb synths In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 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: Hi, Kirk. Well, I have had some success using a USB convertor so I know it is possible. However, this seams to work only with read hat, and I had to pass specific options to speakup to get it work properly. On 2 Apr 2002, Kirk Reiser wrote: > A usb to serial converter won't do any good for talking to a serial > synth. The reason is that the i/o ports for the uarts are not the > same and we speak to the ports at a very low level. I am trying to > find time to include usb and pcmcia support. > > Kirk > >