Chime, Paul, Zack Thanks for your help. I did try the speakup_dectlk module with the same result. I'll investigate paul's instruction page. Chime, my Dectalk doesn't have a switch. It is only RS-232 via its serial cable. Zack, if I have to, I'll investigate a kernal upgrade. But I hope it won't come to that. I've never done one before. Thanks again. Rudy On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 12:00:02PM -0500, speakup-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > From: Chime Hart <chime@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: cannot load speakup_decext module > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > Well Rudy: Yes it seems we are both useing the same DecTalk, but for now you > must flip the switch to rs232 mode. In Ubuntu text mode it came up talking, but > we had trouble in Debian9. Sorry I know little about these drivers. For many > years since I got this unit in 2004 or so, the pitch, rate, and volume drop > suddenly while I am arrowing around while reviewing the screen. I must then go > through the controll-pannel and ajust these 3 setting up-and-down by 1 click, > they are normal again, but its really easy sometimes twice in 30seconds to have > these values drop. But when I examine what each value is set to, they are > correct, even though changes have happened. Anyway, hope that helps some > Chime > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 21:42:33 -0500 > From: Paul Loba <pltechmail@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: cannot load speakup_decext module > <CAKrfcO17YpzcY7Y_W9eHu8Q+NsuZJ6Svt77g2fNBdAceBqxhLw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Hi, > This link helped me to setup successfully my Apollo II synth: > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bytefire/speakup-decext/master/decext-instructions.txt > Best, > Pawel > > From: Zachary Kline <zkline@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: cannot load speakup_decext module > > Rudy, > > As I said, you need the speakup_dectlk module. The Dectalk Express is an exclusively serial device. The internal board you???re thinking of was called the Dectalk PC, and uses an entirely unrelated Speakup driver. > You might also want to look into upgrading your kernel, as there was apparently some problem with serial polling which was resolved in the later builds. > > Best, > Zack. > > *************************************** -- Rudy Vener Website: http://www.rudyvener.com _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
