Re: [orca-list] Is anyone using Orca with Emacspeak? And does speech-dispatcher support hardware synths?

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So, how does one write the specific modue le, if you know the commands
for the synth?

Tomas Cerha <cerha brailcom org> wrote:

> Dne 13.6.2011 14:39, Steve Holmes napsal(a):
> > A while ago, I expressed interest in developing a speech dispatcher
> > module to support hardware synths in general.  I was thinking of doing
> > something like the generic module.
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> Yes I seem to remember we discussed your ideas on the mailing list and
> it looked promising.  As Hynek just told me, the main problem with
> handling HW synths with the current generic module was that the
> command line programs which you usually get with them don't wait until
> the text is spoken.  They exit immediately as they send the command to
> the device.  This doesn't allow synchronization of speech needed by
> SD.  If there is a chance to get feedback from the device after the
> utterance is spoken, HW synths can be integrated quite well with SD.
> This will most likely require a specific module, not the generic one.
>
> Best regards, Tomas
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