I have not upgraded the firmware yet; however, when I do turn it off and on again, all it says is dectalk express is ready external power on It does not give a version number. Does this mean it is soo old it can't be updated? Thanks At 08:42 PM 5/5/2005, you wrote: >What does it say when you turn off the DecTalk, and turn it back on again? >It should read your firmware number, and if it reads the number that you >just installed, you are good to go. >Glenn >----- Original Message ----- >From: <jaffar at jeffstudio.net> >To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 7:38 PM >Subject: Re: DECTalk Express Firmware > > >Hi. I don't know if this is a stupid or an irrelevant question, but I am >running xp and the nearest thing to dos i have got is the command prompt. >Can i install it using the command prompt then? I actually installed it >with the install.exe file from windows, and although it said that dectalk >had been installed, i still can't determine if the driver itself has been >installed or not. Cheers! >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Andrew Hodgson" <andrew at hodgsonfamily.org> >To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 7:07 AM >Subject: RE: DECTalk Express Firmware > > >Hi, > >Its best to do this in dos mode - put the file on a floppy disk - after >uncompressing it, and run the install program. Choose not to have the >autoexec.bat or config.sys updated. Then go into a dos window and run >the update from there. Read the manual/readme for instructions. > >Thanks. >Andrew. > >-----Original Message----- >From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca >[mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of ace >Sent: 06 May 2005 00:04 >To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca >Subject: DECTalk Express Firmware > >Hi all, > >I downloaded the file ex-us.exe (DECTalk Express 4.61) from the GWMicro >web site. I do not understand how to install it. Am I correct that it >is firmware and installs onto the actual DECTalk unit? If this is the >case, how does one install it to the unit? I unzipped the package and >see stuff about installing onto the computer but not to the unit. > >Thanks > >Network Administrator of >irc.talkingirc.com >http://www.talkingirc.com > > >_______________________________________________ >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 > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.3 - Release Date: 5/3/2005 > > > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.3 - Release Date: 5/3/2005 > > >_______________________________________________ >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 Network Administrator of irc.talkingirc.com http://www.talkingirc.com
