I used to use an old screen reader called seekline in dos. It had an option to use the P C speaker. It hogged up around 300 K of conventional memory though, and the rate I don't think was much faster than 200 to 250 words per min or so. It sounded kind of like the doubletalk or monolog speech. Tinytalk came whith a demo version of speech that would work whith the P C speaker. The bad thing is the volume wasn't vary lowd, so you had to have a quiet place to use either one. Pete ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 6:46 PM Subject: Re: PC Speaker synth for Speakup? > 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 at eskimo.com> > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
