From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [140.90.74.62] (helo=babel.hpcc.noaa.gov) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16oTob-0001n5-00 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 2002 13:31:01 -0500 Received: from localhost (jwantz@localhost) by babel.hpcc.noaa.gov (8.11.6/8.11.2) with ESMTP id g2MIV2j03171 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 2002 13:31:02 -0500 Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 13:31:01 -0500 (EST) From: jwantz@hpcc2.hpcc.noaa.gov To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Speakup problem. 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 Everybody, Well, I guess I'm the odd man out. I have never experienced this problem here at work (Doubletalk PC) or at home Doubletalk LT. Different ROM versions? Jim On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Thomas D. Ward wrote: > > Hi, I've actually created a perl script called reset which does that for > me. However, this happens so much that it is frustrating. I have to switch > out of what I am doing quite often to reset this problem. > I was merely wondering if there was a way to fix the problem out right so > that it would rarely or never get locked in high pitch tso often. I seam > to notice it happens when I type fast. > I am rated at 75 words a minute, and when I start getting up to full speed > speakup simply goes bonkers. Is there a way to change Speakup to echo > words rater than characters. perhaps that will reduce that problem. > > On Thu, 21 Mar > 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > Kirk: > > > > Unless this is happening very frequently, I would think it's easy enought > > just to do the occasional reset. I would hate to sacrifice responsivness. > > > > Thomas: Why not build an alias in your .bash_profile that resets the > > defaults you like? I do this with my Litetalk which is in need of some > > help from a soldering iron. When it loses its mind I simply power cycle > > and give it my single char alias command. I used the letter s, but I tell > > you that mainly to suggest it can be a very short, and therefore quick, > > command. > > > > > > On 21 Mar 2002, Kirk Reiser wrote: > > > > > What sometimes happens particularly with external synths is that that > > > speakup is saying an uppercase character when you hit an alt/control > > > and the pitch doesn't get set back down. The simplest way to get it > > > back down is to move with say char onto an uppercase character and > > > that will set it correctly. We tried to improve responce a while back > > > by reducing the number of control characters we send out for each > > > character typed. It significantly improves the Dectalk Express > > > responce time. I may have to go back to the way we used to do it. > > > > > > Kirk > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >