I use a hardware synth all the time with USB to serial converters, but they have to use the ftdi chip set. The only problem is that it does buffer more than I would like. Mike Ray <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > No, speakup and the Apollo, or any other hardware speech-synthesiser > will not work with a USB to serial adaptor. > > I believe this to be because a genuine serial port (RS232) and speakup > use the hardware hand-shaking pins (RTS and CTS?), to communicate > readiness to send and recieve data. The USB to serial adaptors will > either not support this hardware hand-shaking or it takes a differently > written program to use it. > > Mike > > > On 19/04/2015 16:43, Glenn / Lenny wrote: > > Hi, > > I thought that it will work with a USB to serial adapter, but you may not > > get the initial computer boot-up messages because the USB to serial driver > > would not have been loaded yet. > > Glenn > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "łukasz golonka" <wulfryk1@xxxxxxxxx> > > To: <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 6:01 AM > > Subject: Connecting hardware synthesizer to speakup without serial port. > > > > > > Hi. I have apollo II synthetiser. I would like to connect it to > > speakup, but i have computers without physical serial port. Usb to > > serial interfaces don't work with speakup of course. Is it possible to > > connect speakup to apollo. I've heard about possibility to connect > > external synthetiser to speakup using express card to com adapter, but > > my computer doesn't have physical express card port, so i must again > > use express card to usb converter. > > Thank you for help. > > Lukasz. > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > -- > Michael A. Ray > Analyst/Programmer > Witley, Surrey, South-east UK > > Interested in accessibility on the Raspberry Pi? > Visit: http://www.raspberryvi.org/ > From where you can join our mailing list for visually-impaired Pi hackers > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
