[DECtalk] dectalk express firmware

[Jayson Smith]

Hi,
If your firmware isn't 4.6CD, upgrade to 4.6CD.  This should solve your
power cycle problem.  One other problem exists, for which I know of no fix.
If you use, say, Windows 98, and you go into a DOS box and load DECtalk
Express drivers, then when back in Jaws when reading a long file or website
it stops and you have to restart the reading.  The fix for this is to turn
off the DECtalk and turn it back on before reading such a file or website.
Then it will read as long as there's something to read.  Once again, I know
of no fix for this bug.
Also, on Windows 98 Second Edition, there's a bug with com ports and power
management, such that the DECtalk Express DOS drivers don't want to load in
a DOS box under 98SE.  There is a fix for this though.  If anybody is having
this problem, let me know and I can supply the fix.
Jayson.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Baechler" <tony at baechler.net>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at jaybird.no-ip.info>
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 12:46 AM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] dectalk express firmware


> Hi.  Thanks for pointing this out.  I have had the same problem a few
times
> but I had no idea that it was a bug in the firmware.  Another thing I
> noticed is that when I'm reading long documents, like books, it starts to
> say a word, has a short pause and finishes.  It isn't like a delay, it's
> like the word is split when I know it isn't.  An example is something like
> "something."  It will say "somet hing."  It inserts a random space for no
> reason.  I tried the 4.6 firmware and didn't like it at all.  If you have
> any ideas on how to avoid the power cycle problem, I'm interested.
>
> At 12:24 PM 6/14/2005 -0400, you wrote:
> >I don't know what the difference is, but I think there are some bugfixes.
I
> >once had a DECtalk with an older firmware from I think August of 96.
> >Sometimes, for some reason, when reading a website it would just lock up.
A
> >power cycle was required to get it going again.  I upgraded to 4.6CD and
the
> >problem went away.  So I'd recommend you stick with what you've got in
there
> >right now.  Note that if you like the way your DECtalk sounds now, you do
> >not want to upgrade to the 4.6 versions from Force.  In the opinions of
> >several of us, Force took a DECtalk that was perfectly good and ruined
it.
>
> Tony Baechler
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