One question, why a serial port? Most computers today are usb or fire wire.
At 06:13 PM 9/25/2007, you wrote: >Hi Tom, > >Surely there is a more convenient and economical way of doing this >than an outboard synth? I mean, there will have to be some >supporting electronics to drive a serial port already. If a tire >gauge can talk for ten bucks and a glucometer for 30 bucks and a >multifunction multimeter for 40 bucks and some of those clocks for >under 20 bucks then how difficult can it be? Certainly there is a >cost/volume issue and I expect he already has quite a bit tied up in >current development and production. > >Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada ><mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Skype DaleLeavens >Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Tom Fowle >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 6:26 PM >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] New Tool Review > >I've had a reply from Barry Wixey and he seems pretty positive. >His plan would be to add a serial port at a standard baud rate etc. >so folks with speech enabled portable computers, BNS and the like >should have no problem accessing it. > >He's a mechanical guy so depends on "chinese electrical engineers' >and is struggling just to pay the bills, so much overhead isn't >desirable > >Will keep you all posted as things move along. > >Tom >P.S. don't have a BNS or similar, buy a doubletalk LT >I'd push for a setup that'd hook directly to such a synthesizer. cause you >can buy one right now. > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
