It definitely sounds like a power issue, either a short in the power supply cable, or a power short inside. Does this behavior persist with a battery, and the power supply totally unplugged? This information would at least narrow the problem down. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 8:39 AM Subject: Re: DoubleTalk problems I have seen this kind of behavior from time to time. I never did figure it out. I would certainly call RC Systems and complain. Garrett Klein writes: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > Since I got my DoubleTalk LT back on January 31, it's had the > annoying tendency to randomly die in the middle of reading things. What > I mean by dying in this case is that it makes a sort of click/squawk > noise, stops talking and, if I'm lucky, internally turns itself back on > (it says "DoubleTalk ready" again). Other times I need to cycle it > manually. The problem isn't computer or OS-specific; it's happened on > all computers/OSes I've used it with. Has anyone else experienced this > behavior? Should I send the damn thing into RC Systems? (I might kill > it first if I don't send it in, grin.) Thanks in advance for any help in > this matter. > > Garrett > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFAgL+tyjjH4evTDVsRAoQRAJ9nhOAKlJrP6NQr5jyape4ECFv2fACeOIg+ > nBJM0goXRmwSjJReIreqwxo= > =WzVD > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
