From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from nm33.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com (nm33.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com [72.30.238.133]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with SMTP id 460D6C1A20D for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:10:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [98.139.212.148] by nm33.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 27 Mar 2012 22:10:17 -0000 Received: from [209.191.108.97] by tm5.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 27 Mar 2012 22:10:17 -0000 Received: from [66.94.237.125] by t4.bullet.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 27 Mar 2012 22:10:17 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1030.access.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 27 Mar 2012 22:10:17 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 845454.28327.bm@omp1030.access.mail.mud.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 684 invoked from network); 27 Mar 2012 22:10:17 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bellsouth.net; s=s1024; t=1332886217; bh=E3fFpNta5/DhF21drOjFc3bPzqQ5iCa4adhWQszP9wU=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References:User-Agent:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=fdssuPOgo9MdHzo+8NoeCH78s15NniinCSQtpTLxuKez72QLgY3gjJicVyMnYm+PT05gypSVbswhyz7koaI947SFgQWebDSrzng/wo7nlZ05gVlXwND5wo6GxOI6X5D0pqJWQBpnzygW2m+JicEjgvKhDMqP87Knpj5W/+oekxw= X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: p.txAkgVM1nLrw15nXbK0J2..TDghwML976C4YHkKAFXDBs eq9BvtfdU_uWT.TxrHcaTVme_7fk1R2V83926Ye97w7Mke3Yuckx82153Jli D9b2d9yhVg1ENBCOiTEtpZlfsmNCgPbXSVNX72WTG8i5cV89cfZoKlp5sos_ sU74bxND23RTTzissxcL7wHG9wwN6QDVhUJSje_lfWWaYz2RoWqRtwGb.taS 8qaFIM.V95TmCMAkVSI.bnbLNyJ7rtT8ZQ3GFDqPbimrQ1bFc3fkmoQlRHCV e01xBzbBTgnm9GKpawmdZaa4nmDCEQXaSuwd_Zf.nPoffm4GFhFUoxDM5urI 9JDrvgZgVOQJ9Hjc2w6SaBKx1rXDIz.IKmBMaxZSo1fhj2EIoZgfx8bK32dq ULaiZb3UmNwURAYEMBbTEgcvKekj6dA5pGR0LG2GQclU1t0nKtQ-- X-Yahoo-SMTP: XOe3HSqswBASZ.SfZl8fqWtqtP4MkNp7cEfpPs64wphU Received: from dell.bellsouth.net (myrowa@184.41.137.240 with login) by smtp112.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 Mar 2012 15:10:17 -0700 PDT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dell.bellsouth.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9A0124967 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:10:15 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:10:15 -0500 (CDT) From: Adam Myrow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: serial synths and speakup In-Reply-To: <8555081A98E74C3599392A56BFFF8F2A@math.wisc.edu> Message-ID: References: <4F71C83A.7070907@barrettpianos.co.uk> <8555081A98E74C3599392A56BFFF8F2A@math.wisc.edu> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LNX 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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, 27 Mar 2012 22:10:19 -0000 Speakup works OK with my Dectalk USB in serial mode in kernel 2.6.37.6. This is the stock kernel of Slackware 13.37. It still has the long-standing bug of randomly changing the speech rate to very slow, randomly dropping the pitch instead of properly shifting it to uppercase, and changing the punctuation mode so that a few characters are spoken that aren't at startup. I suspect most of this is due to the fact that the Dectalk USB isn't 100% compatible with the Dectalk Express despite the claims of the manufacturer. I'm also running on a 32-bit system, and I've heard that this problem really started showing up with 64-bit systems.