Dectalk isa model

[nick G]

Keynote Gold PC is supported in CVS, SA SE and VC are not.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jared Stofflett" <jared-stofflett at twmi.rr.com>
To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'"
<speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 11:06 PM
Subject: RE: Dectalk isa model


> Looks like I'm going to weight and hope the keynote gold synth comes out
> with a driver.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca
[mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
> On Behalf Of Adam Myrow
> Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 10:26 PM
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Re: Dectalk isa model
>
> I have had pretty bad luck with the Dectalk PC2 card that I have.  I can
get
> it to work some of the time with the CVS speakup.  If I have already
loaded
> the drivers from Windows, it will come up talking.  Otherwise, it fails to
> load the drivers on cold boot, and requires another cold boot before
Windows
> can load the drivers again.  From a cold boot, the command "dtload -v"
gives
> the output:
> waitmode p=c001 s = 1000
> status -9
> testkernel got dec
> Loading kernel of 25386 bytes ( 69 relocs )
>     cs:ip == 0040:0010   ss:sp == 07b3:0200
> card is ready
> dt_loadmem: addr = 00000400 size = 25386
>
> Any attempt to load Speakup's Dectalk PC module at this point locks up the
> computer.  Even when I can get it speaking, it causes the clock in Linux
to
> start losing time at an alarming rate.  This seems to be some sort of
> interrupt issue.  For example, if I start playing a sound file or
streaming
> audio, I can make the sound skip just by pressing keypad enter regardless
of
> whether the Dectalk PC is speaking or not.  I've tried changing the IO
> address of the Dectalk PC, but that made no difference.
> I posted about some of my problems, especially the clock problem, on this
> list, and nobody else seemed to be having them.  The only problem
> universally recognized is that the Dectalk doesn't say words with
> apostrophes correctly under Speakup.  I attempted to contact the developer
> of the Dectalk PC driver, but my email bounced.  I've pretty much
concluded
> that the Dectalk PC driver isn't ready for production use.  If you can get
> your hands on an old Double Talk or Accent PC, you'll have better luck.
On
> the other hand, maybe mine is an isolated case.
>
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