Automatic synthesizer detection

[hank smith]

let me know when beta 3 is iso'd
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shane Wegner" <shane-keyword-speakup.aca783 at cm.nu>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 10:35 AM
Subject: Automatic synthesizer detection


> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to get the new sarge installer beta3 working
> with SpeakUp and most comments had to do with the
> synthesizer used.  It seems the best selection would be for
> a synthesizer probe at bootup where speakup would scan
> through the list of its compiled in synthesizers, run the
> probe routines and see which is connected, using the first
> it finds.
> 
> Are there any synthesizers in Speakup which cannot
> reliably be probed?  IE. a synth on a parallel or serial
> port which cannot reply to a status request.  Also, I
> suppose the order of probing would be relevant as a
> transport would probably reply to an sa's status request in
> emulation mode so you couldn't do the sa probe first.  Has
> any work previously been done on this?
> 
> S
> 
> -- 
> Shane Wegner
> http://www.cm.nu/~shane/
> 
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