It should just be a matter of echoing the initial values back to the important files in /proc/speakup. This should force Dectalk to initialize just as if you had rebooted. I think I can have that script within the next couple of days, or maybe even this afternoon. I will post a copy of the script as soon as I have determined if it actually works the way I think it should, or else I'll post my failures/other ideas. Lorenzo Trying to establish voice contact ... please ____yell into keyboard. Charles Crawford staggered into view and mumbled: > I have experienced the same problem and find that it degrades more each > time you turn the dectalk off and on again. Probably should be some > script that could be run to reset the detalk. If I knew how to do it, > then I would write it. Oh, the woes of the novice. > > On Sun, 20 Apr 2003, > Igor Gueths wrote: > > > Hi all. Today I had to switch my Dectalk to another machine again, and > > when I reconnected the synth to the serial port, I tried out what Kenny > > had suggested a while back which was to press some speakup review keys so > > that Speakup knows a synth is not present. Once I did this for about 5-10 > > seconds, I turned the Dectalk back on and pressed numpad zero+numpad > > enter. The only difference was that I heard a message that said "Dectalk > > restarted." However, I still got the same punctuation delay, in fact I am > > getting it now since I haven't rebooted yet. I would prefer to solve this > > without having to reboot the machine, as I have had to do in the past. > > Does anyone know what could be causing this delay? Also, what is the exact > > message that I should hear when Speakup claims to have re-initialized the > > Dectalk? Should it be Dectalk restarted, or initialized? I just would like > > to make sure I am doing the right thing and am getting the correct > > message. Thanks! > > > > May you code in the power of the source, > > may the kernel, libraries, and utilities be with you, > > throughout all distributions until the end of the epoch. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > -- Charlie Crawford > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
