From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ns.pcdesk.net ([65.100.173.137] helo=pcdesk.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DDwmC-0007z5-00 for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 22:43:24 -0500 Received: from merlin.pcdesk.net ([::ffff:192.168.0.13]) (AUTH: LOGIN jbahm@pcdesk.net, TLS: TLSv1/SSLv3,128bits,RC4-MD5) by pcdesk.net with esmtp; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:42:46 -0700 id 01004DE7.4240E5B6.000019C9 Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:45:26 -0700 (Mountain Standard Time) From: "Joseph C. Lininger" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <002a01c52ee8$ef37f780$0d00a8c0@Saidar> Message-ID: References: <000601c52e97$ffed5350$0d00a8c0@Saidar> <002a01c52ee8$ef37f780$0d00a8c0@Saidar> X-X-Sender: jbahm@pcdesk.net@imap.pcdesk.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: usb ports only on laptop 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: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 03:43:24 -0000 I have to throw you a no on that one. I wasn't just saying that the install doesn't work, I'm saying that Speakup won't commmunicate to a synth using a USB to serial converter. It doesn't matter when you load the modules. It is a hardware problem. It has something to do with the uart and the routines that control it, and that's all I know. Equal causes can produce very unequal effects. Joseph C. Lininger jbahm@pcdesk.net Verification: 5eab38a77ac40416e075be8f50607ff7 And so it came to pass that on Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Raul A. Gallegos said > That is what I was afraid of. I can probably install Linux just fine with > minimal sighted assistance since I know the prompts for FC3 and for Slackware > 10.1 very well. I will probably go ahead with FC3 since that is my latest > distro to learn adding to Slack and Debian knowledge. > > What I wonder then, is if once the laptop is booted and running, if I could > run speakup modules for speak-out after the USB to serial is connected. I > know software speech is nice but I still love my good old trusty hardware > synthesizer. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph C. Lininger" > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 10:06 PM > Subject: Re: usb ports only on laptop > > >> Hi, >> You can't use a USB to serial converter to use a serial synthesizer with >> Speakup. It has something to do with the hardware. I don't really >> understand the exact problem myself, you'd have to ask Kurk. All I know >> is that it doesn't work. If you are running Linux on a laptop with no >> serial ports, the only option you have is software speech. >> >> Equal causes can produce very unequal effects. >> Joseph C. Lininger >> jbahm@pcdesk.net >> Verification: 5eab38a77ac40416e075be8f50607ff7 >> >> And so it came to pass that on Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Raul A. Gallegos said >> >>> Hi. I have a laptop which has zero serial ports. If I purchase a USB >> to >>> serial converter and connect a speak-out to it will this be active >>> immediately so that I can use the speak-up to install Linux with >> speech? Or >>> does the USB to serial get configured after boot up meaning I would >> not have >>> access to the serial port right away? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >