Re: [orca-list] Fedora 10 and Orca

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

I'm not seeing the behavior you describe. I'm running fully updated F-10 with
Orca-2.24..4, gnome-speech-4.22.1, and espeak-1.39. I also don't see
this behavior running with TTSynth-1.0.

Or, are you referring to a Live CD instance of F-10? I would certainly
prefer that Live defaulted to Espeak rather than Festival.

Janina



> hello,
> Regarding orca on fedora core 10,
> I found it not so good.
> This is not with reference to *orca* as such but with the *speech
> synthesizer * and the output.
>
> Try one funny thing.
> after setting up orca on fedora core10 machine, open the menu by alt+f1
> and scroll down rappidly with 3 or 4 key strokes of down arrow.
> I found that there are 4 messages from the synthesiser, as if there are
> 4 people fighting to speak first!  I mean all the items get announced
> together and cause a chaos.
>
> And the overall output has been sluggish.
>
> I know quite a few fokes from the fedora team because Redhat has their
> office in my city.  Many people from their end are major contributers to
> fedora.
>
> I have recommended some changes to the core 11 release, we can hope that
> there are certain improvements on that ground.
>
> As a side note, I have requested those people to join the mailing list
> so that willi and others can help them understand what needs to be done.
>
> happy hacking.
> Krishnakant.
>
>
> On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 11:12 -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > Michael Ryan writes:
> > > Hi all:
> > >
> > > Does Fedora 10 have an Orca accessibility install like Ubuntu?
> > > I have a Intrepid System up and running now but want to try Fedora 10.
> > > I have downloaded the f-10 live and tried the steps for Ubuntu to get it 
> > > speaking but no go.
> > If the Fedora Live CD detects your sound card, you will be OK with the
> > following steps:
> >
> > 1.) Boot the live CD and wait forever. There is no audio feedback
> > while the system boots, GDM auto login proceeds, and the desktop loads.
> >
> > 2.) Load the run dialog with Alt+F2. You should hear your CD ROM
> > spin and you should get a beep by pressing backspace.
> >
> > 3.) Type 'orca' and press enter. Be prepared to boost your audio
> > volume substantially. It's very low be default.
> >
> > 4.) Answer all the orca set up questions and say 'yes' to restarting
> > Gnome.
> >
> > 5.) Waith forever for the Gnome Desktop to reload--go get a cup of
> > coffee, for instance.
> >
> > 6.) Repeat steps #2 and #3 above.
> >
> > Janina
> >
> > > Thanks all:
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Orca-list mailing list
> > > Orca-list gnome org
> > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> > > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca

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