Problems attempting to set up Speakup with a DECtalk PC2.

[Jim Grimsby]

Hi try a copy of the ferm ware dectalk 4.2b it does not need this file.
And you might get further.  
The usa.exe is the core langwige file for the dectalk and was introduced
in 4.2c 


jim grimsby 
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From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca
[mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Luke Yelavich
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 8:46 PM
To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
Subject: Re: Problems attempting to set up Speakup with a DECtalk PC2.


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On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 08:29:22AM EST, Luke Yelavich wrote:
> Hi all
> I have recently obtained a DECtalk PC2 card, and have successfully set
> it up and used it under Windows 98 with JAWS. I am now attempting to 
> make it work with Speakup under Linux.

I have since been doing some searching on google, and have found a 
couple of other dtload implementations, one of which I have already 
mentioned. I also noticed that one more file gets loaded when the 
DECtalk software loads in DOS. This file is also mentioned in other 
documentation on the web, yet the dec_pc.tgz package does not have this 
file, and it is not mentioned in the config file. The file I am 
referring to is usa.exe

Furthermore, I have noticed that the loader gets further with loading 
the files with the dec_pc.tgz files, than it does with the firmware from

my driver disk.

Through placing some debug messages in the dtload code, I noticed that 
with the firmware in the tarball, the initialization message gets sent, 
but nothing is spoken. Same with speakup, in that the driver and speakup

load fine, volume, pitch, and rate settings are fine, yet nothing gets 
spoken. I am wondering whether this is to do with the usa.exe file 
missing? I tried to add the file from my driver disk, but this causes 
the loader and the system to lock up.

More information as it comes to hand.
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Luke Yelavich
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