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Re: can a headset be plugged into the Roku

Hi Gaylen, I sure don't know why none of these devices come with a headphone jack, for plugging into speakers, but if you plug in an HDMI to VGA adapter, the adapter should have a little speaker

By K0LNY · #99371 ·

can a headset be plugged into the Roku

Glen, can you plug a headset into the Roku instead of a speaker? Gaylen Kapperman

By Gaylen Kapperman · #99370 ·

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thanks

By Joseph Machise · #99369 ·

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That sounds like a neat set up! Since I live is a small one bedroom apartment, I don't really need to carry my entertainment around the place to hear it. Gene...

By Gene Warner · #99368 ·

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My Roku I have plugged into an HDMI to VGA converter, and it has a port for an eighth inch speaker wire, and I plug it into a small rechargeable speaker, and I can put my TV in my pocket and carry

By K0LNY · #99367 ·

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I don't have a TV tto plug a stick into. Gene...

By Gene Warner · #99366 ·

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Press the star key on the remote four time quickly. That was from the Roku site. Gene...

By Gene Warner · #99365 ·

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If it is like a fire stick you hold down the back button and menu for about 5 seconds.

By james hooper · #99364 ·

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I forget now, you hold down a button on the remote and you can toggle the voice on and off.

By K0LNY · #99363 ·

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I don't know why they would not make eSpeak available, it is a free open source TTS, and if folks want it, they should make it a TTS option. VoiceView on the firestick is good.

By K0LNY · #99362 ·

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I don't how do you make it talk.

By Joseph Machise · #99361 ·

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Since I'm such a nice guy, turn your head when you puke, I'll let you know when my Stream Bar arrives next Tuesday. Gene...

By Gene Warner · #99360 ·

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No, it is far far worse. Strangely, it isn't as robotic as eSpeak, but much harder to understand.

By K0LNY · #99359 ·

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They make a variety of streaming players. They were actually the first to come out with them, their first one was the Netflix player. https://www.roku.com Gene...

By Gene Warner · #99358 ·

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It's like a firestick, a small device you plug into your HDMI port and you plug it in to USB power and it comes with a remote and you connect it to your WIFI and stream from services like HULU and

By K0LNY · #99357 ·

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I wish they would use eSpeak, maybe my request sunk in if they are using it. Glenn

By K0LNY · #99356 ·

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Oh, they aren't using E-Speak? I wonder what they are using then because I was always under the impression that that was what they were using. Gene...

By Gene Warner · #99355 ·

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what is this Roku

By Joseph Machise · #99354 ·

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Yeah, I've heard they used E-Speak which is the default voice NVDA comes with. It isn't very good but it is understandable with some practice. I didn't like any of the other choices available, most,

By Gene Warner · #99353 ·

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bingo!

By K0LNY · #99352 ·

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