M20/40 status.

[John McCann]

Arthur inquires:

"Speaking of synths, are there *any* hardware synths that work with speakup 
that are still in production, a part from the ones on notetakers?"

DecTalk has upgraded its external synthesizer to accommodate a USB 
connection, but it still has the serial port capability. Hence, my plan is 
to purchase one; primarily for use with my linux box, but it's nice to know 
that it could be placed on the windows box should I ever use that machine 
for internet broadcasting.

John


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arthur Pirika" <apirika at orcon.net.nz>
To: "'Stephen Clower'" <steve at steve-audio.net>; "'Speakup is a screen review 
system for Linux.'" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 11:07 AM
Subject: RE: M20/40 status.


> Hi, I don't want to start a synth war here [smile], but the Double talk
> chip, which is used on the m20/40, isn't too bad, much better than the
> blt 2000! But, yes, I would *love* to see the bn supported, even though,
> JFW doesn't support it, and the m series does! [grin].
>
> Speaking of synths, are there *any* hardware synths that work with
> speakup that are still in production, a part from the ones on
> notetakers? Just curious.
>
> Thanks,
> Arthur Pirika.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca
> [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Stephen Clower
> Sent: Thursday, 28 October 2004 2:36 a.m.
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Re: M20/40 status.
>
>
> Hello Speakup,
>
>     Yes, despite the documentation, the latest revision of the M20/40
>     firmware will allow you to use it as a speech synthesizer when
>     you choose the BNS option in Speakup. I don't believe the Keynote
>     SA is supported, but the older internal card works with Speakup.
>     I'd love to be wrong as I have a Braille Note and would much
>     rather listen to it read the Linux console than a Braille Lite
>     2000.
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, October 27, 2004, 1:51:51 AM, Speakup is a screen review
> system for Linux. decided to say:
>
>> Hi listers, I'm hoping to be getting into the linux world soon, as
>> soon as I get my new note-taker, an m20 or a Braille Note. Can anyone
>> confirm if these devices are working? I note in the Speakup-modified
>> Fedora Distro Install guide, it mentions that all Blazie products are
>> supported, except Milenium and Pac Mate. However, I contacted fs, the
>> makers of these products, who said it should work using the bns option
>
>> of a screen reader. So, what's the story here? Also, does the keynote
>> gold SA work?
>
>> Thanks,
>> Arthur
>
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