A serial port is a com port but a com port is not necessarily a serial = =3D port.=3D20 This is not true in windows. Com ports are always serial. So if you have com1 it is going to be a serial port. =20 Hth=20 You can use a headset with the Braille 'N Speak.=20 Why not just listen to the whole thing via headset and then remove one = =3D earpiece when you used the phone? That'd be easier then screwing around =3D with the BNS in my opinion.=3D20 why do you keep thinking the bns as = a synthesizer is such a hard task it is quite easy to get setup will work well and as long as she does not mind the robotic speech a good idea. Hardware speech is more responsive then software one reason to do it in its self. =20 -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 11:32 AM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: braille 'n speak as an external synth? hmm, are serial ports and com ports the same thing? Yeah, I know I'd =3D lose=3D20 the bns functionality. I was thinking of doing it so that if, for =3D example,=3D20 I call into a radio stream, the people won't hear jaws. I could connect =3D a=3D20 headset to the bns, couldn't i? --=3D20 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.6 - Release Date: 4/11/2005 -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to =3D jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or =3D the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather = =3D contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx