Testing a synthesizer

[Hermann]

On 12.08.2009 at 15:25:38 james collins <james.collins75 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I tried this command at the command line. When I ran it my cursor
> moved down a line and I was able to type words and then I would hit
> return, but my doubletalk wouldn't talk. I am trying to test my
> doubletalk synthesizer. I bought a USB to serial adaptor cable, I am
> using it with a doubletalk speech synthesizer. Just wondering why I
> can't get my doubletalk to talk? Any help would be appreciated.
>
> The command would be:
>
> echo "text" > /dev/ttyS0
>
If you have a USB2serial adapter, this command will never give any
result. This is what you want:
echo "text" > /dev/ttyUSB0

> ...but the hal daemon might get in the way.
>
Why?
Hermann