I am not sure about this, but can he use a USB to serial adaptor for this purpose? He may not have access to speakup as early as a regular serial port but after the USB services are started it might be possible to use a serial sinth with it. Just a thought. Nektarios. -----Original Message----- From: speakup-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Kenny Hitt Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 12:32 PM To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Speakup on a Mac was Re: Hello & a question Hi. I checked into hardward differences betweene PC's and Macs. Basically, You will need an adapter to connect a serial synth to a Mac. Don't know a source to buy them so you might have to make them. Macs will have the same problem that current PC's have: Aple stopped putting serial ports on Macs around 1999. In summary, its possible to run speakup on a Mac, but it isn't easy. Just like with PC's, you will need a Mac which still has a serial port. Unlike using a PC, you will also need an adapter to connect to the serial port. Kenny On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 02:34:30PM -0600, Luke Davis wrote: > True, but can the synths we normally use talk to the Mac? > > Luke > > > On Sun, 9 Mar 2003, Kenny Hitt wrote: > > > Speakup talks to the kernel's serial driver, so the UART is delt with by > > the kernel. > > > > Kenny > > > > On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 10:45:44AM -0600, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > > Hmmm, do macs use the same serial uart as pc-compatibles? > > > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 08:44:02AM -0600, Kenny Hitt wrote: > > > > Hi. > > > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 09:25:34PM -0800, Bear in SFO wrote: > > > > > > > > > > But do they 'speakup'? > > > > > > > > Doubt you can use an internal synth, but an external synth should work. > > > > > > > > Kenny > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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
