From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail018.syd.optusnet.com.au ([211.29.132.72]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AE595-0002yz-00 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 06:02:47 -0500 Received: from hogwarts (blaax9-a032.dialup.optusnet.com.au [203.164.126.32]) by mail018.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.11.6p2/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h9RB2gv20408 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 22:02:43 +1100 Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 22:02:33 +1100 (EST) From: Shaun Oliver X-X-Sender: shaun_oliver@localhost.localdomain To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: querying serial devices. 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: 2.0.11 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: On Sun, 26 Oct 2003, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > Hi Shaun. > You've probably already done this, but what happens when you try echoing a > string to the serial port with the doubletalk lot turned on? > echo hello > /dev/ttyS0 > or whatever your serial port is. > > > *SNIP* well, echo "hello" >/dev/ttyS1 does exactly what I'd expect it to do. the lt speaks the word hello. why speakup failed to detect is it beyond me. I've done a dmesg and speakup comes up fine byt the litetalk fails the probe. and echoing a ctrl_a with a question mark directly to the synth doesn't yeald anything. I'm probably doing that wrong in any case. lol. -- Shaun Oliver "Becareful of the toes u step on today, they maybe connected to the ass you have to kiss tomorrow!" EMAIL: shaun_oliver@optusnet.com.au ICQ: 76958435 YAHOO: blindman01_2000 MSN: blindman_2001@hotmail.com AIM: captain nemo 200 IRC: irc.awesomechat.net:6666 IRCNICK: blindman CHANNELS: #awesomeradio #mircpopup-magic #linux #help #ourworld #audiofile #mauisun