dectalk express.

bart bunting bart at socs.uts.edu.au
Tue May 30 22:13:42 EDT 2000


hi,

that is very nice, it made lilo talk.

but speakup still can't find the dectalk.
what is the option to force a serial port?
and if i use it does it check for the synth still or just assume it's there?

Bart

frankiec at unforgettable.com writes:
 > Yup.  I know all about this problem.  
 > 
 > One thing is you will want the latest driver which will be included in
 > speakup 0.09.  This should be available in the next few days.  
 > 
 > However this isn't the fix for your problem.  I would try puting the
 > 'serial=0,9600N8' in your lilo.conf at the top.  Run lilo, reboot, and
 > watch it work.
 > 
 > HTH
 > FC
 > 
 > 
 > On Wed, 31 May 2000, bart bunting wrote:
 > 
 > > 
 > > hi Kirk and all,
 > > 
 > > A while back Kirk gave me a copy of the new dec express driver, and
 > > someone else, I forget who, also gave me a copy of the old sluggish
 > > one.
 > > 
 > > I am sad to say I have had no luck after much trying to get either of them to work.  my dectalk isn't found, no matter which machine or driver i try it on.  The dectalk, works perfectly however with emacspeak.  has anyone else had this problem?
 > > 
 > > any suggestions apreciated!
 > > 
 > > i'm using dectalk firmware 4 2 cd nov 8 96.
 > > 
 > > thanks in advance.
 > > 
 > > Bart
 > >  
 > > 
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