software speech for speakup

Kerry Hoath kerry at gotss.eu.org
Fri May 18 20:52:29 EDT 2001


USB is good for 500MA at 5 volts for power. That's enough to run
a doubletalk or the tripple talk.

Regards, Kerry.
On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 10:24:36AM -0500, Kirk Wood wrote:
> On Fri, 18 May 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> > Yes, but there is a limit to how much power the usb port can supply to a device. 
> > The more devices connect, the less power each gets if it isn't self-powered. Although, people don't usually use more then two devices at a time unless they have a hub of course.
> 
> Actually power is the big obsticle. But the needed power for a set of
> headphones would not be great. Just understnad that if you want a speaker
> you triple the size and power requirements. Audio output is the main power
> consumption. And in a portable situation you would only be looking for the
> single USB device anyway.
> 
> =======
> Kirk Wood
> Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net
> 
> Nothing is hard if you know the answer or are used to doing it.
> 
> 
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