Braille Blazer problems

[Steve Holmes]

Hey, can I jump in here and cry "Me too!"? I would settle for a Transport or
a Doubletalk either one is fine.  I too would want to do a laptop thus the
Accent SA is much too big for such a project.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kelly Prescott" <prescott at deltav.org>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 2:22 PM
Subject: RE: Braille Blazer problems


> If any one wants to sell me a transport for $50.00, I'll buy it right
> now!!!
> I can pay cash, pay pal, or any other way you care to imagine...
> Seriously, it is a decent synth especially for laptop use...
> I would preferr a dectalk express, but I cannot find one of those for a
> reasonable price either...
> so, I am looking...
> kp
>
>
>
>
> 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
> >
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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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