This is more a problem with machine timing than anything, try the following I need this with the new rom versions of the doubletalk as well: speakup26 speakup_synth=ltlk speakup_ser=0 debconm/priority=low The last is just my personal preference. If I force the port, I find the synth; I don't if not. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Heim" <jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 11:30 PM Subject: doubletalk LT (Re: Hello...) > From: "Gaijin" <gaijin at clearwire.net> >> >> Ahah! That's two votes for the DoubleTalk LT. Now maybe I'm not >> too worried about buying one. I never could find some kind of "Consumer >> Report" on the things. > > > Make that 3 votes. I have both a doubletalk and a tripletalk. But lately, > I've been using the doubletalk more than the tripletalk. The tripletalk > doesn't seem to work with the latest speakup-enabled version of the debian > installer. The triple talk has some advantages over the doubletalk though. > It gets power through the USB port so you don't have to plug it into a > wall > socket. The doubletalk can use a battery but i would always forget to turn > it off and the next thing I knew, the battery would be dead. > > The tripletalk is also a little bit more solidly built. I had to send my > doubletalk back to have the serial cable replaced. And now the headphone > jack broke. It's true that the doubletalk has taken a beating the way i > carry it around. I am always grabbing it and running up to somebody's > office > to fix their computer. But I do the same thing with the tripletalk and it > still works. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >