Synthesizer issues

[Bear in SFO]

I called Freedom Scientific regarding this.  Apparently (at least for 
Windows machines) BNS and BLT use different TTS drivers.  Of course, they 
don't support linux (the tech support guy told me he is not a techie and 
thus dunno what to suggest)


--David

At 10:50 PM 9/10/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>I'm not sure why you're having problems with the braille lite. I use mine
>in class, and have no  problems.
>
>
>
>On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Bear in SFO wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello everyone
> >
> > I came across some problems while using speakup and thought some of you
> > might be able to solve my puzzles...
> >
> > 1)  I have both Braille n' Speak and Braille Lite.  Speakup works perfectly
> > if I plug my BNS into the computer, but refuse to talk if I use my BLT.  Do
> > they have different 'drivers'?
> >
> > 2)  A friend gave me an old Audaptor, so I tried using that to install on a
> > new computer.  The speech box stops reading as soon as the Welcome screen
> > pops up and won't talk after that point.  Any one any clue?
> >
> > 3)  I might get a more permanant speech box (the speaker in the BNS is
> > starting to crack and it is making this annoying humming noise).  Where is
> > the synthesizer info kept in the system?
> >
> > I hope I am not throwing too many questions at one time, and thanks for all
> > your suggestions!!!
> >
> > --David
> >
> >
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