Braille Blazer problems

[Alex Snow]

sorry I ment model.
It's early.
On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 08:29:38AM -0500, Alex Snow 
wrote:
> the particular modem I have is the 615. never heard the 215.
> On Wed, Jan 
> 14, 2004 at 10:25:51PM -0600, Luke Davis wrote:
> > Sort of subjective, but if their anything like the 215s, they're only
> > slightly better than a sounding board, which is to say, pretty sucky.
> > 
> > On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Sina Bahram wrote:
> > 
> > > 50 bucks...are they worth it? I mean, how's the speech, compaired to a
> > > double talk?
> > >
> > > Take care,
> > > Sina
> > >
> > > No trees were destroyed in sending this message; however, a large number of
> > > electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
> > >
> > > -----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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