Use the me's default serial settings. Namely, 9600 baud, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bits, software handshake. Greg On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 05:37:56PM -0700, Justin Ekis wrote: > And after all that, I think I've found the answer. > Lol. Why didn't I ask this to begin with when it wasn't working? Considering how long I've been using the blazie/fs note takers this should have been obvious. > Anyone have an idea what communication settings I should be using in the m20 to work with speakup? > If the transmission speed, data bits stop bits and the like aren't set correctly strange stuff can happen. > If I can get this set right I'll be all set. > > Thanks. > > > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 4/12/2002 at 6:39 PM Alex Snow wrote: > > >Well, at least your braille lite said something. My 2000 won't say > >anything. > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Justin Ekis" <JEkis at sbcglobal.net> > >To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > >Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 10:56 AM > >Subject: Re: Setting up zipspeak > > > > > >Hi. > >Thanks for the advice. > >I'm using windows ME so can't boot directly to dos in that version so I > >have > >to use a windows startup disk. > >I found the config.sys that windows put on the startup disk and added > >device=c:\windows\himem.sys to the area labeled common. This did help > >somewhat. > >Now when I start linux the braille lite speaks. But only for a few seconds. > >It says a few words, but they don't seem to make up any kind of logical > >sentence, like there's words missing in the middle. But it said something > >about braille, speakup and the kernal. > >Then the braille lite stopped speaking and froze up. I know it was the > >braille lite and not the computer or linux because it wouldn't even respond > >to the command to take it out of speach box mode. > >Well, it seems my guess was right. The newer note takers in the series > >won't > >work with it. > > > >Oh well. > >I guess I'll have to wait for software speach support. > > > >Thanks again. > >Justin > > > >*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > > >On 4/12/2002 at 10:03 AM Pete wrote: > > > >>Hi > >> I have windows 98 s e and I go to shutdown and restart in m s dos mode. > >>I think loadlin needs himem.sys to work but am not sure so I placed a > >>device=c:\windows\himem.sys > >>line in the config.sys file. The config.sys file I have is empty except > >>for > >>the line loading himem.sys... To boot zipspeak or the umsdos slackware > >>linux I used a l.bat file some thing like this: > >>@echo off > >>c:\loadlin\loadlin.exe c:\linux\(kernel name) /dev/hda1 > >speakup_synth=(your > >>keyword for your synthasiser) > >> You will need loadlin.exe the linux loader. I unzipped the loadlin > >>program files to c:\loadlin, you don't need to do this except there is > >>documentation explaining how to use loadlin. /dev/hda1 is the first > >>partission on the first drive (C:>) if this is whear your zipspeak > >>distribution is it should be fine. There are other parameters you may > >need > >>to specifie in the batch file I don't know about. > >> Pete > >> > >> > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Justin Ekis" <JEkis at sbcglobal.net> > >>To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > >>Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 3:41 AM > >>Subject: Setting up zipspeak > >> > >> > >>Hello again all, > >> > >>I'm back and giving linux another try. > >>I tried several weeks ago but had problems. I've been busy and am now > >>getting back to it. > >>Ok, I've managed to get a little farther than the last time I posted. I > >>have > >>created a windows me boot disk and tried to start linux from there. I had > >>sighted help and when i changed to the c: drive and ran linux.bat they > >said > >>they saw some kind of error message but it went by too fast to read. There > >>was lots of text. My synth didn't say a word though. The problem is I > >don't > >>know if I set something up wrong or if it's my ssynth. > >>The documentation says I can use the braille 'n speak or any of that line > >>of > >>blazie note takers for speach I believe, but I use the new braille lite > >m20 > >>and I think I read somewhere that the braille lite m20 and m40 use > >>different > >>speach technology than the earlier products so I don't know if it's > >>compatible with speakup at all. Would it be possible to use software > >>speach? > >>I also could be setting it up wrong though. Am I supposed to put any other > >>files on the startup disk other than what windows puts on there? > >> > >>Thanks much in advance for any help. I've had the extreme misfortune of > >>running microsoft crashware, er, I mean windows, for more than 5 years and > >>so now seem to lose all computer knoledge once I'm outside of it. Lol. > >> > >>Thanks again. > >>Justin > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
