dectalk express updates

[William Hubbs]

Jason,

do you know what the default for [:dv ap xx] is?

Thanks,

William

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 04:50:30PM -0400, Jayson Smith wrote:
> 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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