speakup uncommunicative with dectalk synth

[jaffar at jeffstudio.net]

Hi.  it is dectalk express.  And I double and tripple checked, and the synth 
keyword is dectlk.  Cheers!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sean McMahon" <smcmahon at usgs.gov>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 1:56 AM
Subject: Re: speakup uncommunicative with dectalk synth


> As usual, I'm confused, is this a decktalk express or a decktalk external? 
> They
> have different command-line options for speakup because they are different
> synths.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jim grimsby" <jimgrims at pacbell.net>
> To: <jaffar at jeffstudio.net>; "'Speakup is a screen review system for 
> Linux.'"
> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 8:01 AM
> Subject: RE: speakup uncommunicative with dectalk synth
>
>
> Hi,
> What fermware on the dectalk express are you using.  After using it with
> another screen reader it is a good idea to reset the device so it
> reverts to defaults.
> Hth
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca
> [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of
> jaffar at jeffstudio.net
> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 9:13 PM
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: speakup uncommunicative with dectalk synth
>
>
> Hi Friends.  I have tried on numerous occasions within the last few
> hours to install fc3.  I won't say that I've had no success because on
> hitting the enter key or the space bar, there is definitely disk
> activity.  The problem i am getting is that Speakup will not effectively
> communicate with my external dectalk synth.
>
> Just as a precautionary measure, I type in the usual command to get
> speakup to talk through my dectalk external synth and add the serial
> port info which is the default com port 1 to the command so speakup can
> look for the port onto which my dectalk express is connected: text
> speakup_synth=dectlk speakup_ser=0 but each time i try booting up
> fedora, my dectalk express refuses to speak.  On occasions, I get a
> smattering of speach, some garble i don't understand, and that was when
> I've given more than one minute for dectalk to start speaking.  And this
> garble comes up when i hit the space bar after the time frame in which
> dectalk is supposed to speak passes.  There is no speech after that
> garble, but there is definitely disk activity.  There was once when I
> hit the tab key afew times and pressed enter, the disk was ejected from
> my system, which goes to show that the installation process did indeed
> take place.  SSo i am at my wit's end and need help and advice here.
> Just as a note, i downloaded the most current version of fedora, and all
> files seem to be in place.  I can't do an md5 sum check with windows
> though as I neither have the program nor the knowledge to do so.  Also,
> I did try booting fedora using the boot.iso disk as well.  Cheers!
>
>
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