Yes, I've got the same belkin converter that has one 9 pin serial port. I have 2 serial ports, so I thout the converter would be the third one, but I didn't get anything out of it. Greg On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 05:27:32PM -0500, Thomas Ward wrote: > 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 at uic.edu> > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
