at a loss

[jim grimsby]

Hi, the fermware is what makes the dectalk express talk.  It is the
software loaded on board the unit.  
Hth 

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From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca
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jaffar at jeffstudio.net
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 3:47 PM
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Subject: Re: at a loss


Hi.  I am not aware that you had to install a firmware for your synth.
I'll 
give it a try.  Cheers!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jim grimsby" <jimgrims at pacbell.net>
To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" 
<speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 5:05 AM
Subject: RE: at a loss


One more note what is the fermware of the dectalk express.  It should be
4.2b or later. There were problems with some of the earlier fermwares of
the dectalk express. You can get the latest fermware for your dectalk
express from the gw micro home page at http://www.gwmicro.com Also you
note that you are using the express with other screen readers. It is
always a good idea while probing for a synthesizer to reset the
synthesizer so it is set to the defaults. Hth

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From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca
[mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Janina Sajka
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 1:56 PM
To: jaffar at jeffstudio.net; Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Subject: Re: at a loss


Let's review a bit, if you don't mind. Pardon if you've mentioned this
already:

1.) Where did you get FC3?

2.) Do the best of your ability, you have verified you have good
installation media? Date/time stamps all match, byte size, etc. I
understand you can't run rsync.

3.) Have you tried booting without the speakup_ser part of the command?

4.) Do you know for a fact your bios allows booting from cd rom? That
this feature is, in fact, enabled?


jaffar at jeffstudio.net writes:
> Hi Friends.  It seems to me that my ambition to install and learn the 
> ins and outs of the linux OS has all but failed.  I have copied the
installation howto into braille to the letter as ready reference, done
all that is required of me at the preparation stage, even did almost
nothing else but tried to get FC3 installed for the past 2 days, but
nothing seems to work.  I can't even get past the first stage of text
installation simply because speakup refuses to talk to my Dectalk
express.  I cannot say if my dectalk express is the source of the
problem because it works very well with Wineyes and jaws even.  I am
totally stuck now and don't know what else I can do.  Unless someone who
has installed linux with the dectalk express synth is willing to help
me, i'll have to shelf the idea of installing linux, at least for the
foreseeable future.  Cheers!
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