* playing end of wave file @ Cheryl Homiak ` Terry D. Cudney 0 siblings, 1 reply; 17+ messages in thread From: Cheryl Homiak @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Is there any way to play just the last few seconds of a wave file? I just want to make sure that the end of my recording is there as I just ran into an instance of converting a cd to .wav where the last sentence was gone when I played the end of the resulting .ogg file. Thanks. cheryl ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* Re: playing end of wave file playing end of wave file Cheryl Homiak @ ` Terry D. Cudney ` Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS cris 0 siblings, 1 reply; 17+ messages in thread From: Terry D. Cudney @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Hi Cheryl, You might try 'soundgrab'. It's a neat program that lets you jump to any position in a .wav file and place a mark there, or play the sound from there to end or between current position and the mark etc. There may be some other utility that will do what you want more simply, but this is one that I've used adn it could do what you want. hth, --terry On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 12:51:15PM -0500, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > Is there any way to play just the last few seconds of a wave file? I just want > to make sure that the end of my recording is there as I just ran into an > instance of converting a cd to .wav where the last sentence was gone when I > played the end of the resulting .ogg file. > Thanks. > > cheryl > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Name: Terry D. Cudney Phone: (705) 422-0039 E-mail: terry@CottageInWasaga.com Web: www.CottageInWasaga.com Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like... having a peeing sectionin a swimming pool. Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS ` Terry D. Cudney @ ` cris ` Glenn Ervinat home ` (2 more replies) 0 siblings, 3 replies; 17+ messages in thread From: cris @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Dear listers, I have just purchased a dectalk express to use with linux. However, the sound is barely audible. It can not be battery problem because even with the external power on, the sound is still low. Is there a way of resetting this box to produce louder sound? Even when I turn the volume to Max, sometimes I miss words if there was a fan going on in the room. I am sure that I have not lost my hearing yet. Do I need a software to reset the Parameters? Any ideas would be appreciated. Cheers, Cris Ali ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* Re: Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS ` Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS cris @ ` Glenn Ervinat home ` Charles Crawford ` Does zipspeak work with whireless network cards? cris ` Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS jacobs ` Charles Crawford 2 siblings, 2 replies; 17+ messages in thread From: Glenn Ervinat home @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup I run a line from the headphone jack on the DECtalk to the line in on my soundcard. This helps a lot. ----- Original Message ----- From: "cris" <filastin48@hotmail.com> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 4:53 PM Subject: Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS Dear listers, I have just purchased a dectalk express to use with linux. However, the sound is barely audible. It can not be battery problem because even with the external power on, the sound is still low. Is there a way of resetting this box to produce louder sound? Even when I turn the volume to Max, sometimes I miss words if there was a fan going on in the room. I am sure that I have not lost my hearing yet. Do I need a software to reset the Parameters? Any ideas would be appreciated. Cheers, Cris Ali _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* Re: Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS ` Glenn Ervinat home @ ` Charles Crawford ` Does zipspeak work with whireless network cards? cris 1 sibling, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread From: Charles Crawford @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup I have also used headphones with the dectalk express with a volume thing in the headphones. -- charlie Crawford. At 06:28 PM 06/04/2003 -0500, you wrote: >I run a line from the headphone jack on the DECtalk to the line in on my >soundcard. This helps a lot. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "cris" <filastin48@hotmail.com> >To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> >Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 4:53 PM >Subject: Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS > > >Dear listers, >I have just purchased a dectalk express to use with linux. However, the >sound is barely audible. It can not be battery problem because even with >the external power on, the sound is still low. Is there a way of resetting >this box to produce louder sound? Even when I turn the volume to Max, >sometimes I miss words if there was a fan going on in the room. I am sure >that I have not lost my hearing yet. Do I need a software to reset the >Parameters? Any ideas would be appreciated. >Cheers, >Cris Ali > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* Does zipspeak work with whireless network cards? ` Glenn Ervinat home ` Charles Crawford @ ` cris ` Thomas D. Ward 1 sibling, 1 reply; 17+ messages in thread From: cris @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Hi folks, I finally managed to install a copy of zipspeak on my computer in the library and have it work with dec express. However, my computer in the library connects to the internet via a whireless card. Is it possible to configure zipspeak to connect to the net using whireless connection. if yes how to go about it. if not, what version of linux would have such capability? I will appreciate all the help. Cheers, Cris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Ervinat home" <glennervin@cableone.net> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 7:28 PM Subject: Re: Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS > I run a line from the headphone jack on the DECtalk to the line in on my > soundcard. This helps a lot. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "cris" <filastin48@hotmail.com> > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 4:53 PM > Subject: Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS > > > Dear listers, > I have just purchased a dectalk express to use with linux. However, the > sound is barely audible. It can not be battery problem because even with > the external power on, the sound is still low. Is there a way of resetting > this box to produce louder sound? Even when I turn the volume to Max, > sometimes I miss words if there was a fan going on in the room. I am sure > that I have not lost my hearing yet. Do I need a software to reset the > Parameters? Any ideas would be appreciated. > Cheers, > Cris Ali > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* Re: Does zipspeak work with whireless network cards? ` Does zipspeak work with whireless network cards? cris @ ` Thomas D. Ward ` cris 0 siblings, 1 reply; 17+ messages in thread From: Thomas D. Ward @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Hi, I would first begin by seeing if your wireless network card is Linux compatible. If it is compatible you may need to recompile your kernel for the support, configure it, and you'll be in business. Hth. ----- Original Message ----- From: cris <filastin48@hotmail.com> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 5:09 PM Subject: Does zipspeak work with whireless network cards? > Hi folks, > I finally managed to install a copy of zipspeak on my computer in the > library and have it work with dec express. However, my computer in the > library connects to the internet via a whireless card. Is it possible to > configure zipspeak to connect to the net using whireless connection. if yes > how to go about it. if not, what version of linux would have such > capability? > I will appreciate all the help. > Cheers, > Cris > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Glenn Ervinat home" <glennervin@cableone.net> > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 7:28 PM > Subject: Re: Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS > > > > I run a line from the headphone jack on the DECtalk to the line in on my > > soundcard. This helps a lot. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "cris" <filastin48@hotmail.com> > > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 4:53 PM > > Subject: Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS > > > > > > Dear listers, > > I have just purchased a dectalk express to use with linux. However, the > > sound is barely audible. It can not be battery problem because even with > > the external power on, the sound is still low. Is there a way of > resetting > > this box to produce louder sound? Even when I turn the volume to Max, > > sometimes I miss words if there was a fan going on in the room. I am sure > > that I have not lost my hearing yet. Do I need a software to reset the > > Parameters? Any ideas would be appreciated. > > Cheers, > > Cris Ali > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* Re: Does zipspeak work with whireless network cards? ` Thomas D. Ward @ ` cris ` Diana Dawne ` Thomas D. Ward 0 siblings, 2 replies; 17+ messages in thread From: cris @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup the card I have is belkin 802/11 b pci network adapter. The only relevant information I found on google is that some people developed a patch for it to work with linux. However, this patch is made for linux 2.4 or higher. I believe that zipspeak is version 2.2.. Please correct me if I am wrong. Is there a way of updating zipspeak to version 2.4 or higher? Thanks a lot for your help. I am a linux illiterate. Cheers, Cris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas D. Ward" <tward1978@earthlink.net> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 7:11 PM Subject: Re: Does zipspeak work with whireless network cards? > Hi, I would first begin by seeing if your wireless network card is Linux > compatible. > If it is compatible you may need to recompile your kernel for the support, > configure it, and you'll be in business. > Hth. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: cris <filastin48@hotmail.com> > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 5:09 PM > Subject: Does zipspeak work with whireless network cards? > > > > Hi folks, > > I finally managed to install a copy of zipspeak on my computer in the > > library and have it work with dec express. However, my computer in the > > library connects to the internet via a whireless card. Is it possible to > > configure zipspeak to connect to the net using whireless connection. if > yes > > how to go about it. if not, what version of linux would have such > > capability? > > I will appreciate all the help. > > Cheers, > > Cris > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Glenn Ervinat home" <glennervin@cableone.net> > > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 7:28 PM > > Subject: Re: Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS > > > > > > > I run a line from the headphone jack on the DECtalk to the line in on > my > > > soundcard. This helps a lot. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "cris" <filastin48@hotmail.com> > > > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 4:53 PM > > > Subject: Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS > > > > > > > > > Dear listers, > > > I have just purchased a dectalk express to use with linux. However, the > > > sound is barely audible. It can not be battery problem because even > with > > > the external power on, the sound is still low. Is there a way of > > resetting > > > this box to produce louder sound? Even when I turn the volume to Max, > > > sometimes I miss words if there was a fan going on in the room. I am > sure > > > that I have not lost my hearing yet. Do I need a software to reset the > > > Parameters? Any ideas would be appreciated. > > > Cheers, > > > Cris Ali > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* Re: Does zipspeak work with whireless network cards? ` cris @ ` Diana Dawne ` Thomas D. Ward 1 sibling, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread From: Diana Dawne @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup When I had my dsl installed because I would need a router, I had someone come out from comp usa to hook it up for me. I had purchased two belkin wireless cards, one for myself, and one for my husband's computer. This "professional told me that it would not work with Linux but trust me, he did not know what he was doing. Bill Acker talked him through the whole thing, and without Bill's help, I am certain it would not be hooked up at all. but this so called pro was a rather large I think he was barley breathing but a real corpse! He did not install the belkin card in my computer. I have one that actually uses a cable! Diana On Tue, 24 Jun 2003, cris wrote: > the card I have is belkin 802/11 b pci network adapter. The only relevant > information I found on google is that some people developed a patch for it > to work with linux. However, this patch is made for linux 2.4 or higher. I > believe that zipspeak is version 2.2.. Please correct me if I am wrong. Is > there a way of updating zipspeak to version 2.4 or higher? > Thanks a lot for your help. I am a linux illiterate. > Cheers, > Cris > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas D. Ward" <tward1978@earthlink.net> > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 7:11 PM > Subject: Re: Does zipspeak work with whireless network cards? > > > > Hi, I would first begin by seeing if your wireless network card is Linux > > compatible. > > If it is compatible you may need to recompile your kernel for the support, > > configure it, and you'll be in business. > > Hth. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: cris <filastin48@hotmail.com> > > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 5:09 PM > > Subject: Does zipspeak work with whireless network cards? > > > > > > > Hi folks, > > > I finally managed to install a copy of zipspeak on my computer in the > > > library and have it work with dec express. However, my computer in the > > > library connects to the internet via a whireless card. Is it possible > to > > > configure zipspeak to connect to the net using whireless connection. if > > yes > > > how to go about it. if not, what version of linux would have such > > > capability? > > > I will appreciate all the help. > > > Cheers, > > > Cris > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Glenn Ervinat home" <glennervin@cableone.net> > > > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 7:28 PM > > > Subject: Re: Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS > > > > > > > > > > I run a line from the headphone jack on the DECtalk to the line in on > > my > > > > soundcard. This helps a lot. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "cris" <filastin48@hotmail.com> > > > > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 4:53 PM > > > > Subject: Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear listers, > > > > I have just purchased a dectalk express to use with linux. However, > the > > > > sound is barely audible. It can not be battery problem because even > > with > > > > the external power on, the sound is still low. Is there a way of > > > resetting > > > > this box to produce louder sound? Even when I turn the volume to Max, > > > > sometimes I miss words if there was a fan going on in the room. I am > > sure > > > > that I have not lost my hearing yet. Do I need a software to reset > the > > > > Parameters? Any ideas would be appreciated. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Cris Ali > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* Re: Does zipspeak work with whireless network cards? ` cris ` Diana Dawne @ ` Thomas D. Ward ` Adam Myrow 1 sibling, 1 reply; 17+ messages in thread From: Thomas D. Ward @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Hi, you can certainly upgrade from a 2.2 kernel to the latest 2.4 kernels by grabbing the various sources and compiling. You'll need to grab the 2.4 kernel source from: ftp.kernel.org You'll need the speakup 1.5 source from: ftp://linux-speakup.org You'll grab the patch for your network card, and then you will need to patch your kernel source tree with speakup and the network cards drivers. After that you will have to configure the kernel source, install the kernel and modules, modify your boot options, and you should be good to go. It's allot of work, but it can be done. Hth. ----- Original Message ----- From: cris <filastin48@hotmail.com> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 3:51 PM Subject: Re: Does zipspeak work with whireless network cards? > the card I have is belkin 802/11 b pci network adapter. The only relevant > information I found on google is that some people developed a patch for it > to work with linux. However, this patch is made for linux 2.4 or higher. I > believe that zipspeak is version 2.2.. Please correct me if I am wrong. Is > there a way of updating zipspeak to version 2.4 or higher? > Thanks a lot for your help. I am a linux illiterate. > Cheers, > Cris > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas D. Ward" <tward1978@earthlink.net> > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 7:11 PM > Subject: Re: Does zipspeak work with whireless network cards? > > > > Hi, I would first begin by seeing if your wireless network card is Linux > > compatible. > > If it is compatible you may need to recompile your kernel for the support, > > configure it, and you'll be in business. > > Hth. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: cris <filastin48@hotmail.com> > > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 5:09 PM > > Subject: Does zipspeak work with whireless network cards? > > > > > > > Hi folks, > > > I finally managed to install a copy of zipspeak on my computer in the > > > library and have it work with dec express. However, my computer in the > > > library connects to the internet via a whireless card. Is it possible > to > > > configure zipspeak to connect to the net using whireless connection. if > > yes > > > how to go about it. if not, what version of linux would have such > > > capability? > > > I will appreciate all the help. > > > Cheers, > > > Cris > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Glenn Ervinat home" <glennervin@cableone.net> > > > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 7:28 PM > > > Subject: Re: Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS > > > > > > > > > > I run a line from the headphone jack on the DECtalk to the line in on > > my > > > > soundcard. This helps a lot. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "cris" <filastin48@hotmail.com> > > > > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 4:53 PM > > > > Subject: Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear listers, > > > > I have just purchased a dectalk express to use with linux. However, > the > > > > sound is barely audible. It can not be battery problem because even > > with > > > > the external power on, the sound is still low. Is there a way of > > > resetting > > > > this box to produce louder sound? Even when I turn the volume to Max, > > > > sometimes I miss words if there was a fan going on in the room. I am > > sure > > > > that I have not lost my hearing yet. Do I need a software to reset > the > > > > Parameters? Any ideas would be appreciated. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Cris Ali > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* Re: Does zipspeak work with whireless network cards? ` Thomas D. Ward @ ` Adam Myrow 0 siblings, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread From: Adam Myrow @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup You'd also probably have to update the modutils like modprobe if your version of Linux is old enough. I think Zipspeak is based on Slackware 8.0 which is a bit old. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* Re: Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS ` Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS cris ` Glenn Ervinat home @ ` jacobs ` cris ` Charles Crawford 2 siblings, 1 reply; 17+ messages in thread From: jacobs @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Hi First thing I'd do is check my express speaker. You can do this by plugging headphones into it. Does the volume problem still persist? Normally the express is quite loud on headphones when the volume is on max. If it's not, then its a pretty safe bet its not your speaker. If it is your speaker, contact whoever you ordered it from and either have the replace the speaker if they can or replace the unit. Alternatively, get a low-cost external speaker and plug it in to the headphone jack. Second problem could be improperly loaded firmware or corrupt flash rom. In either case all that needs to be done is to flash the firmware. It should be provided on the disk that came with your express. Install this to a dos partition and read the file upgrade.txt for firmware update instructions. Note the firmware upgrade should be done in pure dos, not a dos box from windows. HTH On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 05:53:16PM -0400, cris wrote: > Dear listers, > I have just purchased a dectalk express to use with linux. However, the > sound is barely audible. It can not be battery problem because even with > the external power on, the sound is still low. Is there a way of resetting > this box to produce louder sound? Even when I turn the volume to Max, > sometimes I miss words if there was a fan going on in the room. I am sure > that I have not lost my hearing yet. Do I need a software to reset the > Parameters? Any ideas would be appreciated. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* Re: Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS ` Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS jacobs @ ` cris ` Adam Myrow 0 siblings, 1 reply; 17+ messages in thread From: cris @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Thanks all to your suggestions. The dectalk express I bought is used. I bought it from someone on the internet. Connecting it to the line-in of the sound blaster helped a lot. Now I can hear it loud and clear. Unfortunately, the person who sold it to me lost the software, so I can't run it to check the frameware. If anyone on this list has the software, I will extremely appreciate it if he/she would send it to me on mribrahim.ali@verizon.net Cheers to you all ----- Original Message ----- From: <jacobs@surferie.net> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 7:33 PM Subject: Re: Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS > Hi > First thing I'd do is check my express speaker. You can do this by plugging > headphones into it. Does the volume problem still persist? Normally the > express is quite loud on headphones when the volume is on max. If it's not, > then its a pretty safe bet its not your speaker. If it is your speaker, > contact whoever you ordered it from and either have the replace the speaker > if they can or replace the unit. Alternatively, get a low-cost external > speaker and plug it in to the headphone jack. > Second problem could be improperly loaded firmware or corrupt flash rom. In > either case all that needs to be done is to flash the firmware. It should be > provided on the disk that came with your express. Install this to a dos > partition and read the file upgrade.txt for firmware update instructions. > Note the firmware upgrade should be done in pure dos, not a dos box from > windows. > HTH > > > On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 05:53:16PM -0400, cris wrote: > > Dear listers, > > I have just purchased a dectalk express to use with linux. However, the > > sound is barely audible. It can not be battery problem because even with > > the external power on, the sound is still low. Is there a way of resetting > > this box to produce louder sound? Even when I turn the volume to Max, > > sometimes I miss words if there was a fan going on in the room. I am sure > > that I have not lost my hearing yet. Do I need a software to reset the > > Parameters? Any ideas would be appreciated. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* Re: Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS ` cris @ ` Adam Myrow 0 siblings, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread From: Adam Myrow @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Another thing to try is wiggling the headphone jack around. Sometimes, those jacks get bad and will always partially or completely cut out the speaker's output. If wiggling it around causes the speaker's volume to jump up and down, you know that's the problem. As long as you don't use the line-in of the sound card for anything, connecting the output to it should be no problem. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* Re: Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS ` Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS cris ` Glenn Ervinat home ` Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS jacobs @ ` Charles Crawford ` Igor Gueths ` Tyler Spivey 2 siblings, 2 replies; 17+ messages in thread From: Charles Crawford @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup chris, Sounds like the dectalk express has the problem. If you turn it on and put the volume all the way up before ti says it's battery ok or whatever thing; is it loud enough? If not, the device has a problem. It's too bad that they still don't make the express since it is so cool. -- Charlie Crawford. At 05:53 PM 06/04/2003 -0400, you wrote: >Dear listers, >I have just purchased a dectalk express to use with linux. However, the >sound is barely audible. It can not be battery problem because even with >the external power on, the sound is still low. Is there a way of resetting >this box to produce louder sound? Even when I turn the volume to Max, >sometimes I miss words if there was a fan going on in the room. I am sure >that I have not lost my hearing yet. Do I need a software to reset the >Parameters? Any ideas would be appreciated. >Cheers, >Cris Ali > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* Re: Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS ` Charles Crawford @ ` Igor Gueths ` Tyler Spivey 1 sibling, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread From: Igor Gueths @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 You can still buy the express from certain catalogs. I think maxiaids or something might still have it. I've seen them around though. May you code in the power of the source, may the kernel, libraries, and utilities be with you, throughout all distributions until the end of the epoch. On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Charles Crawford wrote: > chris, > > Sounds like the dectalk express has the problem. If you turn it > on and put the volume all the way up before ti says it's battery ok or > whatever thing; is it loud enough? If not, the device has a > problem. It's too bad that they still don't make the express since it is > so cool. > > -- Charlie Crawford. > At 05:53 PM 06/04/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >Dear listers, > >I have just purchased a dectalk express to use with linux. However, the > >sound is barely audible. It can not be battery problem because even with > >the external power on, the sound is still low. Is there a way of resetting > >this box to produce louder sound? Even when I turn the volume to Max, > >sometimes I miss words if there was a fan going on in the room. I am sure > >that I have not lost my hearing yet. Do I need a software to reset the > >Parameters? Any ideas would be appreciated. > >Cheers, > >Cris Ali > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 iD8DBQE+34O8GT7f58lCbH0RAnEOAJ4qHLKupWRod3z6hPT1ANHBAxSz6ACeMKLn SOcyTKoJbgZ+bF9O5VGkcCo= =Vj37 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* Re: Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS ` Charles Crawford ` Igor Gueths @ ` Tyler Spivey 1 sibling, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread From: Tyler Spivey @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup i do not think that dectalk is cool anymore. it seems to mumble at high rates of speed, and it constantly messes with the rate by itsemf. for example, it'll slow down and speed up on certain words. i don't like that much. i still use screen power speech, with dectalk drivers for dos v4.1, w/ a dectalk pc. anything else (newer drivers) mumble. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Crawford" <CCrawford@ACB.org> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 9:34 AM Subject: Re: Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS > chris, > > Sounds like the dectalk express has the problem. If you turn it > on and put the volume all the way up before ti says it's battery ok or > whatever thing; is it loud enough? If not, the device has a > problem. It's too bad that they still don't make the express since it is > so cool. > > -- Charlie Crawford. > At 05:53 PM 06/04/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >Dear listers, > >I have just purchased a dectalk express to use with linux. However, the > >sound is barely audible. It can not be battery problem because even with > >the external power on, the sound is still low. Is there a way of resetting > >this box to produce louder sound? Even when I turn the volume to Max, > >sometimes I miss words if there was a fan going on in the room. I am sure > >that I have not lost my hearing yet. Do I need a software to reset the > >Parameters? Any ideas would be appreciated. > >Cheers, > >Cris Ali > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
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