doubletalk still going strong

Janina Sajka janina at rednote.net
Mon Nov 8 12:06:49 EST 2004


Awesome, Keith. You wouldn't happen to have the ability to give me a
part number on that little beastie, by any strange chance?

I have sometimes gotten the wrong thing from Radio Shack. The English of
many of the employees in my local store leaves something to be desired
sometimes.

Keith Watson writes:
> I bought the off the shelf ground loop isolator from Radio Shack 
> and it works just fine for killing that anoying pop.
> 
> Keith
> 
> On 05:38 AM, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > Thanks for the specific pointer. I'll report if and when I get one of
> > these built and would very much like to hear from anyone else that tries
> > this.
> > 
> > I think this is worth pursuing because the quality of the speech
> > Doubletalk produces is really much better than the chincy little speaker
> > they give you can manage.
> > 
> > .dan. writes:
> > > 
> > > The "pop" when using external audio devices might be the dc voltage found
> > > in the output of the audio amp in the doubletalk described in this:
> > > 
> > > http://downloads.rcsys.com/xfmrcpl.txt
> > > 
> > > The above also describes an adapter made using radio shack parts to solve
> > > the problem, which is in part a grounding situation difference when using
> > > the audio out on the doubletalk.
> > > 
> > >                                xv
> > >                                 ic|xc
> > > 
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> > 				Janina Sajka, Chair
> > 				Accessibility Workgroup
> > 				Free Standards Group (FSG)
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				Free Standards Group (FSG)

janina at freestandards.org	Phone: +1 202.494.7040





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