Rudy Vener
2018-02-18 18:57:35 UTC
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
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
Subject: Re: cannot load speakup_decext module
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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
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Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 21:42:33 -0500
Subject: Re: cannot load speakup_decext module
Hi,
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bytefire/speakup-decext/master/decext-instructions.txt
Best,
Pawel
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.
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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
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Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 21:42:33 -0500
Subject: Re: cannot load speakup_decext module
Hi,
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bytefire/speakup-decext/master/decext-instructions.txt
Best,
Pawel
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.
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