[Note: This was originally a post to the comp.sys.mac.system Usenet newsgroup. I’m including it here for completeness. Originally archived here.]
In article <jgrabill-0204952317270...@jgrabill-ppp.clark.net>,
jgrab...@clark.net (John N. Grabill) wrote:
In article
<3ktmaq$...@nyx10.cs.du.edu>,jscor...@nyx10.cs.du.edu(Dover) wrote:> ok, i just downloaded the 7.5.1 update installed it and decided to play with the new speech manager. unfortunately the voice on it keeps skipping like when you talk facing a really big fan. :-(
> I’m using a IIsi if this makes a difference… is fred to complex a voice for my computer?! I used to have bruce on without probs…
The IIsi has a documented problem with the connection between the speaker and the motherboard. Cleaning the contacts between the speaker and the motherboard and the problem should go away, for awhile. Connecting an external speaker fixes it forever.
Thing is, this happens to me, too…and I’m on a IIvx (well, Perf600 with an added FPU and Sys7.5). The ‘main’ voices (Bruce and Agnes, I think) work fine, but all the ‘secondary’ voices (Zarvox and the like) have the fan-stutter in them. Any other ideas?