Testing a synthesizer

[james collins]

I ran the command you gave me and my computer said

-bash: /dev/USB0: Permission denied

I tried putting sudo in front of the command, but got the same result.

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On Aug 12, 2009, at 9:40 AM, Hermann <meinelisten at onlinehome.de> wrote:

> 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
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