From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms-smtp-03-smtplb.ohiordc.rr.com ([65.24.5.137] helo=ms-smtp-03-eri0.ohiordc.rr.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DDYUV-0003oL-00 for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 20:47:31 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.100] (cpe-024-033-004-163.midsouth.rr.com [24.33.4.163]) by ms-smtp-03-eri0.ohiordc.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id j2M1lSYG015858 for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 20:47:28 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 19:47:28 -0600 (CST) From: Adam Myrow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <000001c52e7a$7848ec60$220110ac@jim> Message-ID: References: <000001c52e7a$7848ec60$220110ac@jim> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: RE: improvements in the Dectalk USB X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 01:47:31 -0000 Well, it's just that the software Dectalk seems rather unprofessional. For example, at least when I've installed it, the installer bombs out at the end with an error about an unexpected end of file. You can get around this by manually running ldconfig, but it seems to be something that one would expect to have been caught in beta testing. Also, the software has some strange issues with compound words containing the word "fire." For example, try a sentence like "I use a firewall to protect my computer." As soon as the software Dectalk encounters "firewall," it starts speaking gibberish for the rest of the line. This, again, is something that should have been caught in beta testing. From this evidence, I've come to the conclusion that Fonix really doesn't care about the quality of their Linux products. Their speech engine is in the Dectalk USB, but it doesn't display these glitches. The Dectalk USB has some issues, but it looks like they are being resolved. Also, I can't remember if it was you or somebody else who bought the Dectalk software and has yet to receive a serial number despite being charged *twice* for it.