Hello, The problem does persist with only a nine-volt battery in the unit. This is why I am now using Yasr to read on the web and e-mails, ETC, because of the stupid DoubleTalk deciding to die on me... it just did it now. HTH. Garrett ----- On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 11:43:20AM -0500, Glenn Ervin at Home wrote: > 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 at rednote.net> > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
