You might want to get your synth back to standard settings before using speakup -- and someone correct me if I am wrong -- turn the synth off and type a few characters so speakup gets a time out and then turn the synth back on and hit insert-keypad enter and see if that helps at all. The intro character is the one which introduces all doubletalk commands control-a I think. on Sunday 10/12/2003 Janina Sajka(janina at rednote.net) wrote > Hi, John: > > I'm not sure what the intro character is, or where I change it. It is > possible that something by way of settings has changed because of a > setting I did on the GNOME desktop which causes my synth to swear, even > in consoles, to the extent that I can only reboot. > > Otherwise, you are correct, I'm using a stock RC Systems Doubletalk LT. > And it seems to happen in any and all applications as well as the > command prompt. > > John covici writes: > > From: John covici <covici at ccs.covici.com> > > > > Does this happen all the time or what -- and what synth are you using > > -- sounds like double talk from what you are saying. > > Also, make sure you have not changed your intro character somehow. > > > > on Sunday 10/12/2003 Janina Sajka(janina at rednote.net) wrote > > > I'm sorry. I should have described exactly what happens ... > > > > > > When I type a capital H I hear: > > > > > > plus 35 p h minus 35 p > > > > > > If I then use Speakup's screen eview to read the previous char I hear: > > > > > > 50 p plus 35 p h minus 35 p > > > > > > Hope that helps! > > > > > > > > > Janina Sajka writes: > > > > From: Janina Sajka <janina at rednote.net> > > > > > > > > I'm unable to read any capital letters with a recent Speakup from CVS on > > > > the console. I wonder if it's related to utf8 in any way? > > > > > > > > This is Bill Acker's kernel build from this past Thursday morning for > > > > the current Red Hat beta, Severn 2. I'm using a stock RC Systems > > > > Doubletalk LT and my fonts are set: > > > > > > > > LANG="en_US.UTF-8" > > > > SYSFONT="latarcyrheb-sun16" > > > > [ > > > > > > > > A new release of it must have just come out. > > > > see http://freshmeat.net/releases/135789 > > > > I also found directory listings for it at > > > > ftp.gnu.org/pub/ocrad > > > > and the actual packages, both 0.3 and 0.4 are there. > > > > There are also other sites to look at if you do a google search. > > > > The brief comment I read said it could be used as a standalone console > > > > application or as a backend to other programs. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Cheryl > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Janina Sajka > > > Email: janina at rednote.net > > > Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > > > Director, Technology Research and Development > > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > http://www.afb.org > > > > > > Chair, Accessibility Work Group > > > Free Standards Group > > > http://accessibility.freestandards.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > John Covici > > covici at ccs.covici.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka > Email: janina at rednote.net > Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Director, Technology Research and Development > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > http://www.afb.org > > Chair, Accessibility Work Group > Free Standards Group > http://accessibility.freestandards.org > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- John Covici covici at ccs.covici.com
