I suspect a conflict with the DTE drivers and the DEXP DOS drivers and the
com port.
I know there is a solution but I don't remember where it goes right now. I
know the line is
auto assign comX=0 where X it the com port that the express is connected
too.
Dennis Bartlett
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of michael d. barber
> Sent: Friday, January 15, 1999 8:19 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Major JFW and DexExpress Trouble
>
>
> Hi All:
> We have a major problem involving JFW 3.2 and DecExpres. We have
> a machine
> on which we run Windows 95. We installed JFW with DecExpress as the
> default Synth, followed by DecAccess32 and Eloquence. The DecTalk Express
> drivers are set to load from the autoexec.bat. (we've tried this both
> ways--remarked out and not. Periodically, we need to get into our client
> database, which, until early spring, is still DOS-based. We have the icon
> for this on the Start Menu and on the desktop. The icon on the desktop's
> properties show that it loads in a window rather than in a full screen.
> The one on the Start Menu loads under full screen. This is the way my
> colleague wants it so she can see it better. This way, she also has a
> choice of whether to use one with speech or without.
> Now, we have made sure that the option under the Advanced Settings in
> Config manager to use a DOS screen reader is unchecked.
> Okay, so we go to the database icon on the desktop, set screen echo to say
> all, and press Enter. We end up losing speech, but JAWS is still active.
> We close out of the application and try it from the Start Menu and lose
> speech again. We have also tried this with WordPerfect 5.1 which
> she needs
> to use periodically. While doing this, we've had MS Access open and have
> tried to switch back and forth, but there's no speech after we've gotten
> into the DOS application.
> Strangely enough, we can press Insert-J, go to Language, press C
> for Change
> Synthesizers and press Enter on DecExpress and it comes back, even though
> it is still checked all along.
> The DecExpress is brand new, and when it comes on it says DecTalk 4.2C.
> Okay, gang, does anybody have a clue? I hope I haven't confused
> anyone too
> terribly much.
> Any help is appreciated.
> Thanks.
>
> Michael
>
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