Hi, Dennis and listers. First, can you by any chance suggest how I might incorporate this command string into my system?
Second, I wrote to the manufacturer of Emic, the company which produces the synthesizer you alerted me to. Unfortunately, they believe the synth won't work with JAWS. I wonder if you, or anyone else on the list, can think how the problem might be overcome. Here's the text of the company rep's response: I am not familiar with JAWS readers however from what I've on Youtube and Google I don't believe it does. Mainly because the Emic text-to-speech module requires serial communication from a device such as a micro controller either a Basic Stamp, Propeller or an Arduino. It has to be triggered in a very specific way which is why you need a microcontroller. https://www.parallax.com/sites/default/files/downloads/30016-Emic-2-Text-To-Speech-Documentation-v1.2.pdf https://www.parallax.com/product/30016 -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dennis Clark via Jfw Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 8:38 AM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Cc: Dennis Clark Subject: Re: Dectalk Express, pitch higher in JAWS 17 Hi Adrian, Seems weird, but perhaps Jaws is sending a command string to the DEC talk when Jaws loads. I'm posting a link below which will take you to a page which discusses, demonstrates and has some documentation for a current text to speech chip which is sort of the current DEC talk. There is a DEC talk manual on the page which should give command strings for the chip which may still be valid for your DEC talk. The link is: http://www.grandideastudio.com/portfolio/emic-2-text-to-speech-module/ I will keep pondering this one, and let you know if I think of anything. best, Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Spratt via Jfw" <[email protected]> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <[email protected]> Cc: "Adrian Spratt" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 4:29 AM Subject: Dectalk Express, pitch higher in JAWS 17 > I'm trying to figure out how to restore the pitch of my preferred voice, > Paul, in JAWS 17. It is much higher than in previous versions of JAWS. I > don't know why this should be, since I wouldn't have thought JAWS had > anything to do with pitch. I find no pitch control in the JAWS voice > menus, other than for uppercase letters. I'm unaware of any pitch control > in Dectalk Express itself. > > I've experimented with the other voice options on my version of Dectalk > Express, but I can't stand any of them. also, I've set the speed setting > to exactly the same rate as I've had it before. > > This is obscure for most JAWS users, but does anyone have any ideas? > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20151113/3be3d3e8/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
