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Re: [ECS] Fwd: VR quality with MS SAPI v4 Gerry Duprey Tue, 2 Feb 1999 14:18:48 -0500 (EST)

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On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, John Craven wrote:

> I know this is going to sound REALLY kludgy but with multiple com ports and
> sound cards I think you could run HV and ECS on the same machine and have HV
> pass commands to ECS via RS232. I warned you it was a kludge, I've thought about
> it but never tried it.

It works fine, though you are right - it's a kludge.  I've had to use it
because HomeVoice wants to talk to my HomeVision unit directly on COM2 and
I have software already talking on COM2 to my HomeVision.  So I told
HomeVoice my HomeVision unit was on COM3, then I ran COM3 port back into
my COM4 port which could then be read and sent info from the program
(something like ECS) on the HomeVision COM2 port.

It helps to have multi-port serial board, but they are pretty cheap and
easy to use (check out www.byterunner.com).

It works, though you'll probably not be proud of the results... :-)

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> Carl Keyes wrote:
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> > Tom,
> >
> > I experienced the same thing with HomeVoice.
> > The response time was slower with HV but due
> > to it's very speaker dependent architecture
> > and noise reduction it worked far better with
> > far field mics.To bad it can't front end ECS.
> >
> > carl
> >
> > >Reply-To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> > >From: THutch4882@aol.com
> > >Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 19:21:59 EST
> > >To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> > >Subject: [ECS] Fwd: VR quality with MS SAPI v4
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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Gerry Duprey                     EMAIL: gerry@msage.com 
Micro Sage Software Systems      VOICE: (734) 663-0444
130 South First Street             WWW: http://www.msage.com/~gerry
Ann Arbor, MI 48104 USA

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