Re: Paging Comfort CWI Gurus...

["rb_ziggy" <richard.boreham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul

Thanks for the pointer on Neospeech.  I hadn't heard of it before,
nor the point on AT&T NV taking a while to reload.  I checked out
the samples and the american english was not particularly
heavy/unpleasant.  As it was also much cheaper, I've gone ahead and
bought/downloaded (over last night).  It will probably take until
the weekend before I can properly play.

(I'll probably then have to tap you in due course for how you have
arranged the TTS into whole house audio etc.)

Had you tried VNC too? If not, it might be worth you trying.  I
found it a bit slower that RD but not enough to be irritatingly so.
It's also multi-platform.  As an aside, there is apparently a Pocket
PC version.  This has been recomended to me for sailing purposes
(race navigation) where you can have a pocket pc in the cockpit
VNCed to the main pc below.  I haven't tried it yet but it did occur
to me that there might be similar HA applications (limitation being
that,probably, you can only have the one client). Might be good
where there is no native pocket pc client or web i/f.

Rgds

Richard

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gale" <groups@s...> wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> I've been using Funk Proxy which is quite good - noticeably slower
than Remote Desktop though unfortunately but doesn't have the
problem with locking the server screen after disconnection (and
messing up TTS). It is quicker than PCAnywhere though.
>
> I moved over to the Neospeech voices a while ago - as good if not
better than AT&T NV but load up quicker (NV has a bad habit of
taking up to 30sec on my server to re-load and initialise after a
few hours inactivity) - not good for real time use.
>
> Try the www.nextup.com web site - you can actually just buy the
voices on their own (NV and Neospeech) and download them! The only
place I've found that does this. Their support was quite good too.
The Neospeech voices are just US ATM - but they did say they're
working on a UK voice.
>
> Paul.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rb_ziggy [mailto:richard.boreham@n...]
> Sent: 01 February 2005 21:17
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Paging Comfort CWI Gurus...
>
>
>
> Paul
>
> Yes, I probably will drop Dan a line.  Thought I'd post here first
as
> the CWI group is very quiet and Dan seems to be busy on other
business
> projects guaging by his web site.
>
> By the way, did you solve your problem with Remote Desktop?  I
noted
> this as when you raised it, I was just in the process of switching
to
> a new server (located in the loft too) which could run TTS. I had
the
> same problem with Remote Desktop so have dropped back to VNC. While
> perhaps not quite as quick as RD, it seems to me, perfectly fine
for
> managing a remote server and allows reboots etc too.
>
> One other query, I think you use TTS too.  Which voices do you use
and
> where did you source them?  I'm still trying to track down a UK
> supplier of ATT's Audrey.
>
> Rgds
>
> Richard
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gale" <groups@s...>
wrote:
> > You might want to directly email Dan Hoenhen for help - he's the
> author and very helpful.
> >
> > www.customautomationtech.com
> >
> > Paul.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rb_ziggy [mailto:richard.boreham@n...]
> > Sent: 31 January 2005 23:11
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Paging Comfort CWI Gurus...
> >
> >
> >
> > I've been using CWI for 18 months plus now and needed to upgrade
the
> > server.  This has now been done and I've reinstalled ACE &
CWI
onto
> > an XP Pro / IIS platform (all SP2ed and patched).
> >
> > So to the issue.  I've had an absolute nightmare getting into
CWI
> > because of the 'permissions issue' (Error VBScript runtime
> > (0x800A0046) Permission Denied /comfort/inc-security, line 199.
> >
> > This is a pretty regular issue and the explanations in the setup
> > worked in the past (setting / resetting permissions etc on the
> > Comfort, Ace Server and Web directories).  This time nothing
worked.
> > I've done everything in terms of setting, resetting permissions,
> > reinstalling IIS and starting again.
> >
> > I resorted to microsoft knowledge base (articles 255650 &
251361)
> > which neatly explains the issue and tells you to use non-
anonymous
> > access. It worked ok locally (usual windows authentication) but
not
> > from a remote machine. So I took this out.
> >
> > I've now resorted to setting the user for anonymous access to
the
> > Administrator account. It works beautifully again.
> >
> > Only problem is that I think this may be a step too far in terms
of
> > driving a coach and horses through security (not really sure
about
> > this - a little knowledge being dangerous). So, just in case,
I've
> > closed down the external firewall for the time being.
> >
> > So... To the CWI gurus out there... Anyone got CWI on XP Pro SP2
> > working without resorting to these dire measures.  If so, how??
> > Please share!
> >
> > Ta
> >
> > Richard
> >
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