From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from befuddled.reisers.ca (befuddled.reisers.ca [206.248.184.127]) by hurricane.the-brannons.com (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id fedf6198 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2023 00:02:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id CEB6F382579; Sun, 2 Jul 2023 20:02:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from befuddled.reisers.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9278382462 for ; Sun, 2 Jul 2023 20:02:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id B4254382462; Sun, 2 Jul 2023 20:02:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from atlas.bondproducts.com (23-24-6-165-static.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [23.24.6.165]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DC44382312 for ; Sun, 2 Jul 2023 20:02:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from users.shellworld.net (users.shellworld.net [50.116.47.71]) by atlas.bondproducts.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74B4C40508; Sun, 2 Jul 2023 20:02:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: by users.shellworld.net (Postfix, from userid 1005) id 36CB21000A0; Sun, 2 Jul 2023 20:02:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by users.shellworld.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3659B10009F; Sun, 2 Jul 2023 20:02:16 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2023 20:02:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Karen Lewellen To: "John G. Heim" cc: Gregory Nowak , Jason White , speakup@linux-speakup.org Subject: Re: ot: dectalk internal drivers? In-Reply-To: <3d688aab-1c37-7043-2a37-d8d561cfc30d@wisc.edu> Message-ID: References: <1486e800-a981-31bd-05da-86699f680285@pcdesk.net> <208a3964-66c6-35ed-028c-1126bd0da3bf@jasonjgw.net> <3d688aab-1c37-7043-2a37-d8d561cfc30d@wisc.edu> X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org Precedence: list List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="1949452079-1324752121-1688342536=:917640" X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.5 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --1949452079-1324752121-1688342536=:917640 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE 1. Linux does not support the reading edge. 2. you use your computer, and I will use mine. To be forthright, assuming I ever find a voiceover voice that does not=20 trigger a brain incident, apple would be my choice over Linux. On Sun, 2 Jul 2023, John G. Heim wrote: > Holy cow, Linux does that better than any other op sys. Do you think you'= re=20 > going to find support for your hardware in Windows or MacOS? Ah, no. > > I still use an external DoubleTalk. All I need is a computer with a seria= l=20 > port. Yes, they are getting difficult to find but I just built a new syst= em=20 > with a 24-core I5 and an Asus motherboard. So I should be set until aroun= d=20 > 2030. > > I know you're still running DOS. You probably could find some flavor of L= inux=20 > that still runs on a 486. Or you could install an old version of Debian o= r=20 > something. I am not suggesting that. I am just saying that you could do i= n=20 > Linux what you are doing with DOS only you could do it better. > > > On 7/2/23 18:19, Karen Lewellen wrote: >> Greg, >> This gave me a deeply appreciated reason to smile. >> After all, for many the major major major drawback for Linux is the lac= k >> of=C2=A0 clear quality speech resources. >> Kare >>=20 >>=20 >> >> On Sun, 25 Jun 2023, Gregory Nowak wrote: >>=20 >> > On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 10:02:19AM -0400, Jason White wrote: >> > > In fact, I don't know whether Linux >> > > still runs on x86 machines with ISA slots. >> >=20 >> > # uname -r; dmesg |grep -i "doubletalk" >> > 5.10.0-23-686-pae >> > [=C2=A0=C2=A0 67.301489] Probing for DoubleTalk. >> > [=C2=A0=C2=A0 67.305490] DoubleTalk PC: 29e-29f, ROM ver 5.74, s/n xx= xxx, >> > driver: 2.10 >> >=20 >> > Greg >> >=20 >> >=20 >> > --=20 >> > web site: http://www.gregn.net >> > gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc >> > skype: gregn1 >> > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) >> > If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to you= r=20 >> > contacts. >> >=20 >> > --=20 >> > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org >> >=20 >> >=20 >>=20 > --1949452079-1324752121-1688342536=:917640--