Again, what speakup synthesizer are you using? i.e. what is the value
of /sys/accessibility/speakup/synth ? Does the reading edge honor
rts/cts handshake?
On Wed, 19 Jul 2023 09:56:10 -0400,
Karen Lewellen wrote:
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> I am unsure how this matters for my case. I have an actual 9 pin
> port, no USB involved. That 9 pin is connected via cable to the
> back of my reading edge...I make sure all of my computers have
> actual serial hardware.
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> On Wed, 19 Jul 2023, Mike Ray wrote:
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> > I've always suspected the hardware-handshake does not work
> > correctly on all USB to serial adapters.
> >
> > In my experience those that are made with the FTTDI chipset are
> > the best, while the PL2303 devices are worse than useless.
> >
> > The synth needs to be able to tell the computer when to stop
> > sending until the synth is ready to accept more. If this does
> > not happen it can result in garbled speech.
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> > On 19/07/2023 11:58, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> >> Hi folks,
> >> for those who use serial synthesizers, what can cause garbled characters
> >> to be sent to the synthesizer?
> >> they are not on the screen, and I am trying to troubleshoot how, with
> >> two different computers the problem starts after a while.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Karen
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> >
> > --
> > Michael A. Ray
> > Software engineer
> > Witley, Surrey, South-east UK
> >
> > He/him/cis
> >
> > "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add,
> > but when there is nothing left to take away." -- A. de
> > Saint-Exupery
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