dectalk express updates

[Jayson Smith]

The value for the [:dv ap XXX] is a frequency, in HZ. This is the base pitch 
of the synthesizer. If you set [:dv pr 0] which allows for no pitch range 
(the default is 100) you will get a robotic voice at the frequency the ap 
value has. ap stands for Average Pitch. I think the lowest acceptable value 
is 50 and the highest is somewhere between 500 and 600. No idea about 
incremental adjustments though.
Jayson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Hubbs" <w.d.hubbs at gmail.com>
To: "speakup mailing list" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 3:55 PM
Subject: dectalk express updates


> All,
>
> I just updated the dectalk express driver based on a manual that Kirk
> sent to me.  The new driver version is 2.17.
>
> We were using the wrong value for the volume command:  It should be [:dv
> g5 xx] where xx is between 60 and 86, so I have defined that and set 73
> as the default.
>
> Also, I have set the default rate and the range of rates to match what
> the manual says, which is:  Default rate is 180 and range is from 75 to
> 650.
>
> I am unable to find the documentation for the command we are using to
> set the pitch, which is [:dv ap xx].  I need to know what the possible
> values of xx for this command are, and whether you can give relative
> values like [:dv ap +50] or something similar.  Using absolute pitch
> settings for caps indication makes it so that a user can't set their
> pitch to anything away from the default value.
>
> Any assistance would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> William
>
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