Re: [orca-list] sound on feisty

[Halim Sahin <halim sahin t-online de>]

Hi Lukas,
On Sa, Apr 21, 2007 at 10:33:09 +0200, Lukas Loehrer wrote:
> On the level of kernal sound interfaces, Alsa should certainly be
> prefered over OSS. Alsa has a user space library libasound that is
> used for all communication with the sound system. Alsa is very
> flexible and can be configured in many interesting ways. for example,
> even with a simgle sound card, it is possible to expose several
> virtual sound devices whose volume can be controlled independently.
> OSS should really not be used anymore in new applications. Many, but
> unfortunately not all, legacy applications work through the aoss
> program. 


FULLACK
If such a legacy app tries to open /dev/dsp using (snd-pcm-oss module)
other alsa virtualdevices are blocked.

In my opinion the speech-dispatcher can be a good start for orca.
Unfortunately it isn't currently very useful.
Speechd needs to be stabilized before using it for orca as default 
speech solution.


Best Regards
Halim