DecTalk Issues

[Nick Gawronski]

Hi, Do you think work can be done to fix this issue in the dectalk
driver?  I also use windows xp and don't have any of these issues under
windows just linux so it looks like it is either a driver issue or a bug
in the core kernel code.On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, Hart Larry wrote:

> Thank you Adam-and-Nick for sharing your experiences while useing DecTalk U S
> B.  While I am running FC6, I get to "enjoy" many of these anoyances--and more.
> Ok, here we go.
> When the machine boots up, even though my rate is supposed to be set on 7  and
> a pitch of 141, the unit comes up with a rate of 4  and an 81 pitch.  Once I
> change a value, it will suddenly remember my prefferences.  Like Adam says,
> there are many cases where pitch-and-rate get knocked down, I think especially
> when capitol letters are involved.  Same thing, move both values--and then its
> fine for maybe a couple of minutes.
> After first booting-and before the first accidental pitch change, the unit has
> more anoying abbreviations, such as a capitol e in e-mail wil say East mail.
> At first the unit will not read periods or dashes, but once one of these sudden
> changes happens, then I will hear some more punctuation.  I have alot of
> entries in my characters file.
> And yes, still lately, even with new colonels, if I interrupt scrolling, near
> the bottom of the screen, I hear, "rtc lost some interrupts 1024HZ.
> Also, something maybe with its buffer, because if you arrow quickly, you more
> than likely will hear the previous line a second time, instead of the current
> line.  This can be quite missleading if you are examining a list or in an
> editor.
> Thanks for listening
> Hart
>
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