I have used this kind of equipment, to connect an older Braille display to a modern computer, which did not have a Com-port. I bought two different converter cables, one in a local store for a small fortune, the other on EBay for a fairly low price. It turned out that the one bought locally, was of no use. The cheap one from EBay, works quite well. From what I have experienced, and what has been told from other users, the main thing to be ware of, is that the converter should have an FTDI chipset. If it does, apparently you should be pretty good to go. I haven't tested my converter under Windows8, so can't tell if it works there. But on the older machine with XP, it works pretty OK.
hth ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 8:15 PM Subject: Anyone know of a com port to USB adapter? Does anyone know of a serial to USB adapter that will allow an older external synthesizer, I don’t know which one, just that it was new somewhere in the early to mid 1990s, to work with a brand new computer? My uncle has severe tinnitus as well as RP and he used this synthesizer during all of these years as his hearing problems got worse and now he finds that he is accustomed to comprehending it even on his worst hearing days, translating the garble of sound easily after many years of using the device. He has been trying to find a synthesizer among all of those that come with Window Eyes that he can get used to, but it just doesn’t seem to be working. I just finished recording a bunch of clips of the Vocalizer voices on the off chance that they might succed where the others have failed, but I don’t hold out a lot of hope that any of them will work any better since it really isn’t an issue of the quality of the voice, but rather a matter of being ab le to comprehend meaning through the loud roaring of tinnitus. So, I am hoping we can find a way to allow him to continue to use what he is used to. I wish I could provide more info on which brand and model he is using, but I am doing all of this over the phone since he lives a good ways up in the mountains from where I live and there are two family crises that have hit, one down here and one up there complicating things. I don’t know why things always work out so that the bad stuff always hit in clusters, but it always seems to work out that way. I Thanks for any information. Regards, Chris If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
