speakup, grml and braille blazer

[Cody Hurst]

Hey,

   I have fixed this issue. I also found an old din cable for the bns  
I have here. I have my embosser talking and everything is cool now.
On May 20, 2008, at 9:48 AM, Nick G wrote:

> Null modem isn't an RJ11 cable...It's an old term for a special kind  
> of serial cable, used to connect two like devices together, for  
> instance, a direct RS232 connection between two machines.  One comes  
> with the BNS interface kit.
> Thanks,
> Nick
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cody Hurst" <churst35 at verizon.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca 
> >
> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 11:19 PM
> Subject: Re: speakup, grml and braille blazer
>
>
>> I'm not quite understanding the logic behind the null modem, but  
>> ok.  When I plug the rj11 end of the cable to the pc, how do I tell  
>> speakup  to look on teh modem port if linux by default is in  
>> compatible with  most modems?
>>
>> On May 19, 2008, at 5:14 PM, Kerry Hoath wrote:
>>
>>> put a gender changer on the blazer to change the serial port from   
>>> female to
>>> male on the blazer.
>>> plug a 25-pin female to 9-pin mail into the converter.
>>> plug the null modem from converter to pc.
>>>
>>> You could also get a 25-pin null modem cable; gender bend the  
>>> blazer  end
>>> then convert it down to 9-pin on the pc end.
>>>
>>> the cable needs to be null modem and you need things of the right   
>>> gender as
>>> the port on the blazer for serial is female.
>>> Regards, Kerry.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Cody Hurst" <churst35 at verizon.net>
>>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca
>>> >
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 11:07 AM
>>> Subject: Re: speakup, grml and braille blazer
>>>
>>>
>>> Well I have a db9 null modem cable, but how would I do this
>>> configuration? the db9 end will not fit on the blazer and vice  
>>> versa.
>>> More insight on this would greatly be appreciated.
>>> On May 19, 2008, at 5:02 PM, Kerry Hoath wrote:
>>>
>>>> the blazer requires a null modem cable to connect it to the  
>>>> computer
>>>> not a
>>>> straight through serial cable.
>>>> Regards, Kerry.
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Cody Hurst" <churst35 at verizon.net>
>>>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca
>>>>>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:03 AM
>>>> Subject: speakup, grml and braille blazer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> I just realized I could whip up an external synth with a db25
>>>> serial cable, a converter and a db9 serial cable, however when I  
>>>> boot
>>>> grml I use this boot command
>>>>
>>>> grml speakup_synth=bns, ttyS0 and get no speech. On the blazer's
>>>> speech config menu I set it from parallel to serial. however I  
>>>> tried
>>>> starting grml with it on serial and parallel and still no speech. I
>>>> know this can be done but I just don't know how. I'd like to  
>>>> know  what
>>>> I"m doing wrong here. Thanks for any hep.
>>>>
>>>> Cody
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