How are you using VirtualBox 2,6? QT4 doesn't read at all with JAWS. Zachary Kline wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" > <greg at romuald.net.eu.org> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 10:42 PM > Subject: Re: speakup and hald conflict in Slackware 12.2 > > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 07:36:54PM -0800, Zachary Kline wrote: >>> I, too, am >>> using a Dectalk USB in serial mode, with VirtualBox, for what that's >>> worth. >> >> Well, I've got gnome, and hal too, running under debian testing in >> virtualbox, and am not seeing sluggish response, when using the bns as >> the synth. So, I'd say that whether running under virtualbox, or on >> actual iron probably doesn't make a difference here, since using the >> bns on a real box is fine here, in both cases (except for vbox's >> serial port issues), as I've said before. >> >> BTW, speaking of virtualbox, how are you managing to use the dectalk, >> given vbox's serial port issues? >> >> http://vbox.innotek.de/ticket/812 >> > Hi Greg, > I'm using Virtualbox 2.0.6 under a Windows XP host. I haven't > noticed any serial port issues, certainly not as described in the above > ticket. (Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that by default > the Dectalk USB in serial mode seems to use Xon/Xoff handshaking?) > I use a USB-to-serial converter on both my desktop and laptop with > the Dectalk this way. VirtualBox doesn't react oddly at all, and the > unit just works. I must confess, though, that the intricacies of serial > communications are for the most part beyond me. I'm just glad to be > able to say that it works for me, though I don't know why. > Hope this helps, somehow. > Best, > Zack. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
