Sort of subjective, but if their anything like the 215s, they're only slightly better than a sounding board, which is to say, pretty sucky. On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Sina Bahram wrote: > 50 bucks...are they worth it? I mean, how's the speech, compaired to a > double talk? > > Take care, > Sina > > No trees were destroyed in sending this message; however, a large number of > electrons were terribly inconvenienced. > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Alex Snow > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 10:03 PM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: Braille Blazer problems > > > no but you can get one used. I got mine for like 50 bucks. > On Wed, Jan > 14, 2004 at 08:58:20PM -0500, Garrett Klein wrote: > > I thought those weren't manufactured anymore? I could be wrong. On > > Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 08:50:23PM -0500, Alex Snow wrote: > > > get an artic transport. they're good synths and can stand up to a > > > good > > > amount of abuse. > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 08:36:56PM -0500, Garrett Klein > > > wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > I am running Slackware 9.1 with Speakup 1.5 using my Braille > > > > Blazer as a > > > > synthesizer. I, however, am having multiple issues with it. For one > > > > thing, when too much text gets sent over the serial port, it turns > > > > itself off and back on, which destroys my punctuation/pitch settings > (I > > > > can fix the pitch and speed, though). My second problem is > > > > Speakup-related. I've seen it in Speakup 1.0, 1.5, and CVS speakup > > > > (which, might I add, made my blazer sound quite weird). This problem > is > > > > that it does not announce uppercase letters in a higher pitch than > > > > lowercase ones. This has also happened when using my Braille Lite 40 > as > > > > a synth. I've tried a warm reset, and that didn't help. Sometimes > it'll > > > > say some letters higher when spelling a word, but I think it doesn't > > > > just do the uppercase ones in that case, it's hard to tell. Case > > > > sensativity works in JAWS for DOS, BTW. > > > > I'm looking into getting a DoubleTalk LT, so I won't have to worry > about > > > > these problems anymore. Either that, or possibly getting a TrippleTalk > > > > > USB and using its serial port, would that work with speakup? Any > > > > suggestions to fix these annoying issues would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Garrett > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > -- > > > Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid > > > back. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > >
