Hi, Try sending your command to /sys/accessibility/speakup/synth_direct. You can probably find it if that location's not right, but synth_direct is the file you want. Jayson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Baechler" <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 1:43 AM Subject: Re: Patch for DECTalk Express driver > I'll have to get back to you on this, but from my recollection of the > manual, the Express has no volume control except the knob on the unit. The > DECtalk PC does have a volume setting which is probably the command you > gave. I tried the command for the DEC PC with my Express and it didn't do > anything. I would have to look at the manual again to make sure. > > Is there a way to send commands directly to the synthesizer with Speakup? > If I echo them to /dev/ttyS0, speech becomes very sluggish and > unresponsive. The same thing happens as soon as hal starts. That only > seems to be a problem with the DEC Express. I have a Doubletalk LT and a > Trippletalk which don't do that. There used to be a file called "synth" > which let me do that but now it only contains the name of the synthesizer. > The synth name used to be in synth_name which disappeared. > > On 9/28/2009 4:53 AM, Chris Brannon wrote: >> >>> According to the manual, it does not have a way to adjust the volume >>> with software. >>> >> How about the command [:vs DD ]? Does that change the volume on your >> unit? >> (DD is a number). >> > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup