I've heard some programs use the PC speaker before, and there somewhat understandable. It depends on the coding. There used to be this program for dos that would use the PC speaker to say the time, and some Star Wars frazes. It was somewhat understandable, but not todally. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Myrow" <myrow@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 5:42 PM Subject: PC Speaker synth for Speakup? > On Thu, 23 May 2002, Alex Snow wrote: > > > Hi All, > > I was just thinking: Would it be possible to right drivers to use the pc > > speaker as a synth in speakup? Then for those who don't have a hardware > > synth that would work. > > Maybe, but I'm not sure it would be understandable. I mean, the PC > speaker is really small and quite limited. I recall there used to be a > kernel patch to use the PC speaker as a sound card, so it is theoretically > possible, but again, it would be hard to understand and very likely > low-volume. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >