Hi, it is a Belkin USB to serial convertor. I'd be happy to look up the part number if you want. Ok, as for the procedure you need USB support built into your kernel and you'd enter a line such as this. speakupp_synth=synthname speakup_ser=portname It takes some playing around with to find the correct serial port that the USB port is using. <My friend and I are hoping to put out a document howto on it sometime in the next couple of weeks. ----- Original Message ----- From: Gregory Nowak <gnowak1@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 3:57 PM Subject: Re: New to LINUX > > How did you do that since speakup needs the synth to be active at boot up? I've been trying to figure a way to do this for a long time, and couldn't. Could you please share, I'd be very, very, interested. > Greg > > On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 03:44:21PM -0500, Thomas Ward wrote: > > One correction, Janina. > > > > JS: USB connections are not currently supported. You need a serial speech > > synthesizer. Here's the current list of synths supported by Speakup: > > > > > > "A friend and I have been able to use a usb to serial convertion cable to > > rout our Dectalk's and Braille n Speaks through a usb port under Red Hat > > 7.2, and it has worked fine with Speakup. > > Although the synths are serial it is possible to rout them through U > > SB ports if necessary. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Janina Sajka <janina at afb.net> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Cc: Chuck Kyle <chuckk at exis.net> > > Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 11:34 AM > > Subject: Re: New to LINUX > > > > > > > Hi, Chuck: > > > > > > Actually, you haven't given us enough information about yourself to let us > > > really advise you well. For example, do you have any experience using any > > > kind of unix? Did you use a shell account at one time? Where you once a > > > DOS user, or is all of your experience in Windows? Also, have you only the > > > one computer, or do you have a second computer and/or a device like a > > > Braille 'N Speak. Do you use some kind of refreshable braille display? > > > If so, which one? Are you experienced in system installation and > > > configuration, even if it's only Windows? Or, are you an end user of > > > applications like mail and web browsers?'' > > > > > > Without this kind of information it's hard to tell you either to return > > > the Suse, or to go ahead and crack it open. Please recognize that you did > > > not ask us how to get linux working with speech. You have already made > > > some decisions, so our natural response will be to honor your perogative > > > to make decisions for yourself, even if they might not seem to be > > > particularly good decisions. In other words, how and why did you choose > > > Suse? Do you actually know what you're doing? Or was that some kind of > > > stab in the dark? > > > > > > Having said this, let me now take up your questions: > > > > > > On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, Chuck Kyle wrote: > > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > I am a JAWS user with a Gateway Celeron and usb connections. I have > > purchased a SUSE LINUX software package. I would appreciate answers to these > > questions: > > > > 1. When will Tuxtalk be available? > > > JS: Maybe never, and almost certainly not in 2002; > > > > > > > 2. What is the general price range for a hardware synthesizer? > > > JS: Anywhere from around $270 to around $1,200. > > > > > > > > > > 3. Does this software help solve installation probvlems? > > > JS: What software? It's hard to believe you're referring to Suse linux > > > when you say "this software;" > > > > > > > 4. What synthesizer will connect properly with my system? > > > JS: USB connections are not currently supported. You need a serial speech > > > synthesizer. Here's the current list of synths supported by Speakup: > > > > > > Accent SA ACNTSA > > > Accent PC ACNTPC > > > Apollo APOLO > > > Audaptor AUDPTR > > > All Blazie products BNS > > > DEC Talk Express DECTLK > > > DEC Talk External DECEXT > > > Doubletalk internal (isa card) DTLK > > > External, serial Litetalk or Doubletalk LTLK > > > Speak Out SPKOUT > > > Artic Transport TXPRT > > > > > > > 5. Would I be better off to first try zipspeak? > > > JS: Very possibly. But, you'll still need a hardware synth. > > > > > > > > > > > PS: I have not unwrapped the package yet so I can see your answers. > > Chuck Kyle > > > JS: I don't understand this PS at all. What does the shrinkwrap on the > > > Suse have to do with "seeing" our answers? Do you mean you are planning to > > > blow away your Windows installation when you install linux? Not that we're > > > against deleting Wi9ndows from computers, but this might seem a bit > > > drastic to many of us. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > > Technology Research and Development > > > Governmental Relations Group > > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > > > Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, > > > Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp > > > > > > Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther > > > King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at > > > http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp > > > > > > Learn how to make accessible software at > > > http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
