how do I upgrade from 1.8 to 2.0 on my dectalk external? and do I need the phone line to serial cable to get it working? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Collins" <collins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 7:10 AM Subject: Re: Dectalk external > Hi Jim. As far as I know, the DecTalk external has only been tested > with version 2.0 of the firmware. If you power up your DecTalk external > and you hear the test dial tones followed by "DecTalk 2.0 is running.", > then you definitely have a dectalk external that will work. > > To other folks on the list, there seems to be some confussion for some > of you about what is a dectalk external, and what is a dectalk express. > The difference is that the old external dectalk is a big box about 4 > inches high, about 18 inches long, and about 12 inches wide. It does > not have an ac adapter, but uses a standard grounded power cable. > > The express is about 1.5 inches thick, about 8 inches long, and about 4 > inches wide. It uses an adapter cable with a power brick on the wall > end. I hope this helps clear up some confussion. > > Gene > >>Ok here is the question when we speak of the dectalk external how far >>back in firmware do we go. >>I got a clasic model here version 2.0. the faq reports that the dectalk >>external works with speakup. It says external or express so I am >>assuming here that we are speaking of the dectalk clasic model also. >>This device supports indexing while the one x serize does not. >>Thanks a bundle. >> >>jim grimsby >>msn: jim.grimsby at att.net >>email: jimgrims at pacbell.net >>skype: jim.grimsby >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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 > > __________ NOD32 1.1410 (20060215) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > >
