I ran the command you gave me and my computer said -bash: /dev/USB0: Permission denied I tried putting sudo in front of the command, but got the same result. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 12, 2009, at 9:40 AM, Hermann <meinelisten at onlinehome.de> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
