Braille Blazer problems

[Alex Snow]

the speach is pretty damn good as far as synths go. the only speach 
I've heard that's better is the accent.
On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 
10:53:16PM -0500, Sina Bahram wrote:
> 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
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> 
> 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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