Curtin is building an embosser that will be affordable with a speech interface. It's still in prototype; release is years away. info on http://www.cucat.org/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "josh" <jkenn337@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 8:22 AM Subject: Re: tripletalk (was 4DOS) > what is a brailler curtain? > > email: jkenn337 at gmail.com > skype: jkenn337 > msn: kenn6498ku at hotmail.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry at gotss.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 4:29 PM > Subject: Re: tripletalk (was 4DOS) > > >> we have a usb doubletalk circuit and evaluation board and we'll give the >> eval board to whoever can write a driver for it. >> It uses the ftdi usb2serial bridge and the v8660 chip. >> It works with Jaws except the rate command goes up to 13 not 9. >> >> we want to use this board in a brailler Curtin Uni wants to make but we >> don't have anyone able to write usb interface logic for the thing. >> I guess this could run in userspace or something. >> anyone who wants to write a driver get in touch and we can arrange to >> provide the evaluation board we have built. >> the synth has both usb and serial ports, it takes power off the usb. >> headphones out only to keep the size down. >> Regards, Kerry. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kirk Reiser" <kirk at braille.uwo.ca> >> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." >> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:58 PM >> Subject: Re: tripletalk (was 4DOS) >> >> >>>I can't tell you what the exact hardware is because I don't remember >>> or maybe never knew. It is I suspect a small pci board which can be >>> placed in a computer or a separate box just like the Accent's were. >>> It has interfacing circuitry that tie the pci bus and/or the USB uart >>> to a RC Systems Doubletalk chip. I don't know what Randy is calling >>> that chip but it is based on the v8650 board but made into a LSI chip. >>> That same chip is used in the bookport, book currier and a number of >>> other products. The uart also services the rs-232C connector. >>> >>> It is true that Access Solutions were not forth coming in the >>> beginning. I suspect they thought they could make it on their own >>> with the Microsoft Windows community but soft synths have been gaining >>> a lot of prominence and so the hardware synth world is shrinking >>> radically. They have become much more helpful over the years. I just >>> haven't had time to write drivers to support the pci and usb portions >>> of the device. >>> >>> As for the firmware, it is the same or almost the same as on the >>> Doubletalk family of synths. How Randy missed the bug is beyond me >>> and for that matter him as well. It's obviously a not very often used >>> feature of the firmware but one I particularly like because it allows >>> us to find out which version and form of the firmware is being used. >>> Those version/parametre strings are slightly different for the groups >>> Randy has sold to and supports. For example the original Microtalk >>> version of the firmware has a secondary flush command '^y' which only >>> flushes up to the next newline/carriage return characters for software >>> that supported it. That gave ASAP the ability to provide a feature >>> which could allow one to quickly scan through a document being read by >>> just tapping the shift key to immediately move on to the next line. >>> >>> >>> Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility >>> e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario >>> phone: (519) 661-3061 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
