On 12.08.2009 at 15:25:38 james collins <james.collins75 at gmail.com> wrote: > I tried this command at the command line. When I ran it my cursor > moved down a line and I was able to type words and then I would hit > return, but my doubletalk wouldn't talk. I am trying to test my > doubletalk synthesizer. I bought a USB to serial adaptor cable, I am > using it with a doubletalk speech synthesizer. Just wondering why I > can't get my doubletalk to talk? Any help would be appreciated. > > The command would be: > > echo "text" > /dev/ttyS0 > If you have a USB2serial adapter, this command will never give any result. This is what you want: echo "text" > /dev/ttyUSB0 > ...but the hal daemon might get in the way. > Why? Hermann
