Hi, Do you think work can be done to fix this issue in the dectalk driver? I also use windows xp and don't have any of these issues under windows just linux so it looks like it is either a driver issue or a bug in the core kernel code.On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, Hart Larry wrote: > Thank you Adam-and-Nick for sharing your experiences while useing DecTalk U S > B. While I am running FC6, I get to "enjoy" many of these anoyances--and more. > Ok, here we go. > When the machine boots up, even though my rate is supposed to be set on 7 and > a pitch of 141, the unit comes up with a rate of 4 and an 81 pitch. Once I > change a value, it will suddenly remember my prefferences. Like Adam says, > there are many cases where pitch-and-rate get knocked down, I think especially > when capitol letters are involved. Same thing, move both values--and then its > fine for maybe a couple of minutes. > After first booting-and before the first accidental pitch change, the unit has > more anoying abbreviations, such as a capitol e in e-mail wil say East mail. > At first the unit will not read periods or dashes, but once one of these sudden > changes happens, then I will hear some more punctuation. I have alot of > entries in my characters file. > And yes, still lately, even with new colonels, if I interrupt scrolling, near > the bottom of the screen, I hear, "rtc lost some interrupts 1024HZ. > Also, something maybe with its buffer, because if you arrow quickly, you more > than likely will hear the previous line a second time, instead of the current > line. This can be quite missleading if you are examining a list or in an > editor. > Thanks for listening > Hart > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
