tripletalk (was 4DOS)

[Alex Snow]

What are prices for used synths like these days, and what are good 
places to look? I currently just have the transport and an old dectalk 
external (though I haven't gotten speakup to like that yet, all I can 
get it to do is work in Terminal mode with a dec VT510 terminal), and 
it's not what you would call portable.  But another transport, or 
maybe an accent SA, would be convenient to have if I could find one at 
the right price.
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 09:04:22AM -0600, John Heim 
wrote:
> I traded away my tripletalk to a guy who had a doubletalk precisely because
> the tripletalk wouldn't work with newer versions of speakup.  Ever since I
> first got the tripletalk, it would take a minute to initialize. The screen
> would fill with the message timeout while waiting for input" once a second
> for 60 seconds. And then it would start talking. But somewhere around kernel
> 2.6.18 it stopped working entirely.  So I posted a message on the NFBCS list
> asking if anyone with a doubletalk wanted to trade.  Now I have 2
> doubletalks, one for home and one for work.
> 
> The advantages of the tripletalk are really conveniences anyway. It can be
> powered via a USB cable and it has an internal, rechargeable battery. It's
> nice to not have to worry about the battery. And the tripletalk has a serial
> cable that can be removed so if it wears out, you can just get a new one.
> The serial cable on my original doubletalk has worn out twice now.
> 
> So the one thing I think RC Systems should do is make the serial cable on
> the doubletalk removable. And the company that makes the tripletalk should
> make their specs available so it can be made to work with speakup. I think
> they're missing out on a lot of sales. I will never buy another one because
> of that.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nick Stockton" <nstockton at gmail.com>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 10:59 PM
> Subject: Re: 4DOS
> 
> 
> > It does for me.
> > The hard part is finding a computer with a serial port.
> > If you want to spend twice as much you can get a trippletalk USB but I 
> > don't
> > know if it is 100% compatible with the doubletalk so not sure if it would
> > work using speakup's doubletalk drivers
> 
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