I certainly haven't been able to get mine to work under vinux. On 11/13/10, Martin McCormick <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I would like to try one of those USB sound cards on a > Dell laptop running Vinux. The existing sound card does > everything it was supposed to do and does the Vinux Speakup > application just fine but I would like to be able to feed the > speech to headphones and play sound files through the USB card > to make it possible to play them to external speakers but not > make the other listeners hear the screen reader. One would hope > that the USB card might also have a line-in connector for > recording from a radio or other sound source. > > Do most USB sound cards work on such a system? I have > found RS-232 dongles that are useless under Linux but work with > Windows because of driver issues and others work just like a > native serial port on the mother board. > > If it works right, it should show up as a second sound > device under alsa, play the sound files and stimulate the > economy with its purchase. If not, it will get slightly warm to > the touch, stimulate the economy and do absolutely nothing else. > I would, of course, prefer it to do actual useful work. > > Any ideas as to what to avoid or how to tell what might > work? > > Thank you. > > Martin McCormick > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Change the world--1 deed at a time Jackie McBride Scripting Classes: http://jawsscripting.lonsdalemedia.org homePage: www.abletec.serverheaven.net For technophobes: www.technophoeb.com _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list