[DECtalk] new to the list

[Jayson Smith]

Hi,
The command to play a tone is
[:tone freq,duration]
Where freq is the frequency in HZ and duration is the duration in
milliseconds.  So to play a 1000HZ tone for 1 second you would do
[:tone 1000,1000]
Jayson.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Baechler" <tony at baechler.net>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 3:25 AM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] new to the list


> Hi.  What if you load the Express drivers supplied with the
> unit?  That lets it emulate a PC and works with the Vocal-Eyes PC
> drivers.  Does that give you the same control?  What about sending
> strings to the com port the Express is on?  How did you build your
> dictionary?  I know about commands to get it to make sounds but I
> don't know how to make a dictionary it will use.  I never got it to
> beep but I got it to do DTMF tones.
>
> At 05:39 AM 3/1/2006, you wrote:
> >Not hardly!  I still use DOS 6.2 every day, both for work and for
> >pleasure.  As a matter of fact, I have written some JAWS dictionary
> >entries that cause my DECTALK express to make sounds when it encounters
> >hard carriage returns and multiple blank spaces so that I can easily and
> >efficiently edit documents, similar to those used by the old PROWORD
> >software which was written for the Apple II and IIGS if anybody's old
> >enough to remember that stuff.
> >
> >Anyway, I have both a DECTALK express for my Windows based machine and
> >a DECTALK PC for my DOS based machine.  I like them both, although I
> >prefer the greater control I have over the PC.
>
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