DoubleTalk problems

Garrett Klein kleins at iquest.net
Sun Apr 18 13:29:53 EDT 2004


Hello,

	The problem does persist with only a nine-volt battery in the 
unit. This is why I am now using Yasr to read on the web and e-mails, 
ETC, because of the stupid DoubleTalk deciding to  die on me... it 
just did it now. HTH.

Garrett

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Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 11:43:20AM -0500, Glenn Ervin at Home wrote:
> It definitely sounds like a power issue, either a short in the power supply
> cable, or a power short inside.
> Does this behavior persist with a battery, and the power supply totally
> unplugged?
> This information would at least narrow the problem down.
> Glenn
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 8:39 AM
> Subject: Re: DoubleTalk problems
> 
> 
> I have seen this kind of behavior from time to time. I never did figure it
> out. I would certainly call RC Systems and complain.
> 
> Garrett Klein writes:
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> > Hi,
> >
> > Since I got my DoubleTalk LT back on January 31, it's had the
> > annoying tendency to randomly die in the middle of reading things. What
> > I mean by dying in this case is that it makes a sort of click/squawk
> > noise, stops talking and, if I'm lucky, internally turns itself back on
> > (it says "DoubleTalk ready" again). Other times I need to cycle it
> > manually. The problem isn't computer or OS-specific; it's happened on
> > all computers/OSes I've used it with. Has anyone else experienced this
> > behavior? Should I send the damn thing into RC Systems? (I might kill
> > it first if I don't send it in, grin.) Thanks in advance for any help in
> > this matter.
> >
> > Garrett
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> Janina Sajka, Director
> Technology Research and Development
> Governmental Relations Group
> American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> 
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