Graham, Some of the phonemes in the DECtalk demo don't work with the DECtalk USB. When you're using JFW you can't make it sing just like that. You need to connect the serial port up, set it to serial, set JAWS to eloquence, start hyper terminal and manually send a text file to it. Once you get used to it, it sounds wonderful! ------------------------- Mr. Matthew F. Horspool Send me an Electronic Mail to drjaws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Add horspool@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx to your MSN contact list Or Visit my web site at http://www.horspool.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk ------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: dectalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dectalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Graham Pearce Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 9:12 AM To: dectalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [DECtalk], Re: DECtalk USB: First Impressions Wow. What does it sound like when it sings? Can you get it to sing simply by putting something in a text document like: [:ph on] [s<50,13>ih<300>nx<50>] Which should make it sing the word "sing" on the C below middle C. Have you tried it with dos screen reaeders, selecting the dectalk express as the synth? Regards, Graham Pearce Web site: http://pianoman.port5.com Email: grahamwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Msn: graham12345@xxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: dectalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dectalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Horspool, Matthew F. Sent: Tuesday, 21 December 2004 4:58 PM To: dectalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [DECtalk], DECtalk USB: First Impressions Hi, I received my DECtalk USB today, set it up for JAWS and it started working. It sounds a lot nicer than my DECtalk ACCESS32! Extremely responsive: It's unbelievable! I would say it's one of the most responsive synthesizers I've ever used, whether that be Hardware or Software. I most congratulate Access Solutions. Matthew --- the DECtalk list. To unsubscribe, send a blank message to: dectalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and type unsubscribe in the subject field. Moderators email: shwatscoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx this list's homePage, and the unoficial DECtalk page is at, //www.freelists.org/webpage/dectalk --- the DECtalk list. To unsubscribe, send a blank message to: dectalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and type unsubscribe in the subject field. Moderators email: shwatscoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx this list's homePage, and the unoficial DECtalk page is at, //www.freelists.org/webpage/dectalk --- the DECtalk list. To unsubscribe, send a blank message to: dectalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and type unsubscribe in the subject field. Moderators email: shwatscoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx this list's homePage, and the unoficial DECtalk page is at, //www.freelists.org/webpage/dectalk