Hi Patrick
This takes me back. We used to use Procomm to store files from Kurzweil via serial transfer.
Never used Flipper though. I do remember using the DECTalk synth, and we often found that
changing synth driver versions (the TSR file supplied by DEC) fixed the problem, usually by going
back to an older version of the driver. Has he tried using other, maybe older, DECTalk drivers? I'm
not sure where you can download these from nowadays but there must be somewhere out there.
Regards
Ian Francis

On 5 Nov 2001 at 12:33, Patrick Burke wrote:

> Need some adaptive tech flashback help here ...:
>
> We got a call from a person who is having a small but aggravating problem
> with his 10-year-old system. He has Flipper, Wp51, & a Kurzweil Personal
> Reader system. He is using Procomm Plus Version 2 for DOS to do data
> transfer from the scanner to the computer (specifically a Procomm module
> called prd.com). The glitch is that after data is transferred, the KPR
> won't give control of the Dectalk speech back to Flipper. Flipper works
> fine until he tries to scan something, & the scanned text is read by the
> KPR, but he can't get back to Flipper except by restarting. Until recently
> of course everything worked as advertised.
>
> So, do any of the veterans here remember how any of this works? In
> particular, does anyone know what prd.com does? (We have no manuals, the
> program help is silent on the issue, & Symantec isn't supporting old
> Procomm versions.)
>
> I'm very hesitant to trash the old system, since it works fine for the
> writing & editing that the client is doing. Any changes would mean a major
> delay while learning new software, etc.
>
> So, if anyone has an idea about prd.com, or Flipper synthesizer
> negotiation, please let me know. Probably best to get in touch offlist:
> [log in to unmask] .
>
> I laughed when the Flipper topic came up a week or two ago. I guess that'll
> learn me!
>
> Patrick
>