Donna, that is not true. If you saw the message that I posted about
updating the drivers to stop the dectalk from crashing, that came from
Suzan Hayes, who is the head of the dectalk department. Updating the
drivers, did not make my dectalk split words anymore than it was doing
before I updated my drivers.
At 07:38 AM 6/1/99 -0500, you wrote:
>that's why I didn't upgrade to the new drivers. I very rarely run in to a
>crash problem, but the split words and awful.
>
>I was told that Digital Equipment Corporation wouldn't help you with your
>synthesizer unless you bought it directly from them even though they made
>it and got money from the Vender. Now, isn't that dumb? It's their product!
>
>Donna Miller
>At 08:02 AM 6/1/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>Mr. Ellsworth,
>> Here's my experience with this problem and I can't find an
>>answer. I just built a new system and I am using a brand new DECtalk
>>PC2V42C synthesizer and Jfw 3.3.25 Even though it is the latest
>>product, it was crashing every time it incountered an acute sign in a
>>name and I had to reboot. I ttalked to Compaq who now alegidly
>>purchaced and supports DECttalk products. They told me to go back to
>>my vender because their technical support costs money. My vender,
>>who's name I won't mention will not return my calls.
>> I downloaded the latest driver which is pc2v42cd.exe. I think that
>>this has stopped the crash problem with acute signs but now a much
>>more incidious problem now is happening.
>>This problem has to do with words being broken up and pronounced,
>>articulating the first letter thenb the rest of the word such as,
>>rather than the word T H E being pronounced all together it would be
>>pronounced T He.
>>This is accurring globally in browsers, Word 97 and everywhere that I
>>see. Even when the DECtalk incounters a dash, it will sometimes say,
>> D ash. It is randum and I just can't seem to find a solution. I'm
>>using JFW 3.3 with the patch. Has anyone had this problem and have
>>you found a solution? I'd almost rather deal with the occational
>>crash than have it split the words up like this on a much more
>>frequent bases. Would be much appreciative for insight on this one.
>>Thank you very much.
>> Karkey
>>
>>
>>Jim Ellsworth wrote:
>>>
>>> Steve,
>>>
>>> You should upgrade to the PC1V42cd drivers.
>>>
>>> Jim Ellsworth
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Steve Matzura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 2:45 AM
>>> Subject: Re: ANSI Characters Stop JAWS Cold
>>>
>>> JFW is 3.3 patched to level 25. Synthesizer is DECtalk, using PC1V42B
>>> drivers. I'm seriously thinking of trying the 4.1C drivers to see if
>>> it improves.
>>>
>>> On Mon, 31 May 1999 14:53:40 -0700, you wrote:
>>>
>>> >HI.
>>> >
>>> >Which version of JFW?
>>> >Which synthesizer?
>>> >
>>> >I remember the older digital drivers for the DecTalk PC and Express
>>> used to
>>> >behave in the way you describe. The accented e in the word resume
>>> used to
>>> >always crash my computer. This used to frustrate the heck out of me
>>> since
>>> >the word resume, with the accented e, was one of the menu options of
>>> a
>>> >program we used at work called First Class Client. The fix was to
>>> update
>>> >the Dectalks drivers.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >Let us know more details please.
>>> >
>>> >Best Regards,
>>> >Vince.
>>> >
>>> >-----Original Message-----
>>> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Steve Matzura
>>> >Sent: Monday, May 31, 1999 1:02 PM
>>> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> >Subject: ANSI Characters Stop JAWS Cold
>>> >
>>> >I've been noticing a strange trend with JFW lately. I don't know
>>> >whether it's happened since I installed something new, or just when,
>>> >but I've finally narrowed it down to this: If I come across a word
>>> >that has a high-ANSI character in it, such as the umlaut in the word
>>> >spelled R umlat-O L F as in Rolf, JFW will stop dead cold, freeze my
>>> >computer for about 30 seconds, unfreeze it, then stay silent until I
>>> >reboot. Anybody else experiencing this?
>>> >
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