Re: [orca-list] No speech with Ubuntu Gutsy beta 7.10

[Willem van der Walt <wvdwalt csir co za>]

Hi Tomas,
I can see that one might want to set some of the things in a user 
configuration file.
If having a system-wide file which can be expanded or overridden by a 
.speechdrc file is possible, it might be a good idea.
Regards, Willem


On Mon, 1 Oct 2007, Tomas Cerha wrote:

> Luke Yelavich wrote:
> > Speech-dispatcher is in the universe part of the repository, and at 
> > this late stage, it is not possible to move speech-dispatcher from universe to main.
> 
> Are there any technical reasons for this?
> 
> > There is also the issue of speech-dispatcher not easily having a system that allows individual 
> > users to have speech-dispatcher configurations, so far as I know. This is not at all useful in 
> > multi-user environments, which Ubuntu has to support.
> 
> Which particular situation in a multi-user environment is not covered by
> the current design?  Without going into much detail, I'll try to outline
> the basic philosophy behind the current design.  As far as we know, it
> covers all the needs.  If you discovered any problems, we would
> definitely like to know.
> 
> Speech Dispatcher is designed as a system service.  Its configuration
> basically consists of three parts:
> 
>  - debugging options,
>  - output modules,
>  - default values.
> 
> Debugging options should not be modified by individual users.  Output
> modules depend on the installed software and hardware, so their
> configuration is system-wide by nature.  Default values may be
> overridden by the client, so they are fully customizable by the user.
> 
> Orca is a typical example of a client, which sets the preferred
> output-module, voice, pitch etc when it starts the connection to Speech
> Dispatcher.  All theses settings are defined by the user in his/her Orca
> preferences.  The same mechanism is implemented by Speechd-el and other
> clients.
> 
> Said all that, it is also possible to run SD as a user (with user
> defined configuration).  This allows further flexibility, but I don't
> think this technique would be necessary to support multi-user environments.
> 
> We believe the current model is well balanced and covers most scenarios,
> but we are open to any suggestions.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Tomas Cerha
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