Braille Blazer problems

[Sina Bahram]

50 bucks...are they worth it? I mean, how's the speech, compaired to a
double talk?

Take care,
Sina

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-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
On Behalf Of Alex Snow
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 10:03 PM
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Subject: Re: Braille Blazer problems


no but you can get one used. I got mine for like 50 bucks.
On Wed, Jan 
14, 2004 at 08:58:20PM -0500, Garrett Klein wrote:
> I thought those weren't manufactured anymore? I could be wrong. On 
> Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 08:50:23PM -0500, Alex Snow wrote:
> > get an artic transport. they're good synths and can stand up to a 
> > good
> > amount of abuse.
> > On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 08:36:56PM -0500, Garrett Klein 
> > wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > > I am running Slackware 9.1 with Speakup 1.5 using my Braille 
> > > Blazer as a
> > > synthesizer. I, however, am having multiple issues with it. For one 
> > > thing, when too much text gets sent over the serial port, it turns 
> > > itself off and back on, which destroys my punctuation/pitch settings
(I 
> > > can fix the pitch and speed, though). My second problem is 
> > > Speakup-related. I've seen it in Speakup 1.0, 1.5, and CVS speakup 
> > > (which, might I add, made my blazer sound quite weird). This problem
is 
> > > that it does not announce uppercase letters in a higher pitch than 
> > > lowercase ones. This has also happened when using my Braille Lite 40
as 
> > > a synth. I've tried a warm reset, and that didn't help. Sometimes
it'll 
> > > say some letters higher when spelling a word, but I think it doesn't 
> > > just do the uppercase ones in that case, it's hard to tell. Case 
> > > sensativity works in JAWS for DOS, BTW.
> > > I'm looking into getting a DoubleTalk LT, so I won't have to worry
about 
> > > these problems anymore. Either that, or possibly getting a TrippleTalk

> > > USB and using its serial port, would that work with speakup? Any 
> > > suggestions to fix these annoying issues would be appreciated.
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Garrett
> > > 
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