Synthesizer issues

Igor Gueths igueths at attbi.com
Thu Sep 12 14:44:31 EDT 2002


Hi. It could be the case in the audapter driver mentioned earlier (too
much data for the driver), or it could be that your Blt has too new of a
revision and is not supported by the bns driver? What was the latest
version of bns/blt firmware at compile-time of the bns driver? Bc I think
we might be looking at spec changes in the 2002 firmware upgrade of the
blt.

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On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Bear in SFO wrote:

>
> The BNS is a 640 and is running December 31, 1997 revision.  The BLT is a
> M20 running June 20, 2002 revision.  The linux box is running RH 7.3 with
> Speakup on run level 3.  Yes the Audaptor stops at the same place every
> time - as soon as the welcome screen comes up.
>
> I am looking for a 'previously owned' hardware synthesizer too - support by
> JAWS not a requirement but nice if it is.  Thanks!!!
>
> --David
>
> At 03:43 PM 9/11/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hi. Its too bad that the bns/blt don't tell you the firmware versions they
> >are running. The ui is the same, however what about the firmware? What
> >distro are you using of Linux? Bc I know that some versions of RH (don't
> >know if its 7.2) default to a graphical login. If you disable this in
> >.profile you should be fine. What it esentially does is start a session of
> >Xwindows (xfree86). And in terms of the audapter, does it stop talking in
> >the same place?
> >
> >microsoft dialogue
> >    This company has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.
> >    If the problem persists, delete winblows and install linux
> >    close button
> >
> >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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