Re: [orca-list] Speech-dispatcher in Ubuntu 8:10



Hi,

Try to install libesd-alsa0 and esound.
After that select esd as audio output under gnome.
Don't waste your time to configure speech-dispatcher with pulseaudio
(latency problem).
HTH.
Halim

On Fr, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:11:23 -0500, Ignasi Cambra wrote:
So here's what I did:
I actually didn't save the changes on /etc/default/speech-dispatcher  
correctly (don't ask me why) but I did it again and I was able to run  
speech-dispatcher as a system service. I restarted and all system sounds  
were gone, including Orca. I supposed this would happen so I learned 
which keys to press to go into the orca prefferences and change the 
speech system to speech-dispatcher, and it worked. Orca talks and it 
works so, so much better than gnome-speech! I don't really like how it 
makes espeak talk, but it's much more responsive. But now the only sound 
I have in my system is orca. Whenever someone else tries to play a sound, 
orca crashes (I don't really know who crashes, but it stops talking and 
doesn't respond to anything).
I tried changing the system sounds to alsa, but it didn't work. What else 
can I do? I will try to make speech-dispatcher use pulseaudio, see what  
happens.
Thank you all!

Ignasi
----- Original Message ----- From: "Aruni Sharma" <libranarsh gmail com>
To: "Ignasi Cambra" <icambra indiana edu>
Cc: "orca" <Orca-list gnome org>
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Speech-dispatcher in Ubuntu 8:10


Hi, try the spd-conf command and set up your speech-dispatcher.
Another change you need to make is in the
/etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf for using pulse instead of alsa
because intrepid is using pulse by default. unless you make this
change you will not be able to run speech-dispatcher. I have not been
able to remove pulse altogether. on the other hand if you want to use
only alsa install alsa-oss etc but beware if speech-dispatcher
automatically with alsa it will disable the use of gnome-speech i.e.
you will not have any output from orca unless you start using
speech-dispatcher. in other words it is at present a case of 'either
gnome-speech or speech-dispatcher'.
Thanks,
Aruni.

On 11/14/08, Ignasi Cambra <ignasicambra gmail com> wrote:
I already did that... No luck!
Thanks though.

Ignasi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon" <j orcauser googlemail com>
To: "Ignasi Cambra" <icambra indiana edu>
Cc: <orca-list gnome org>
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Speech-dispatcher in Ubuntu 8:10


Hi,

edit /etc/defaults/speech-dispatcher so that speech dispatcher starts as
a service.
then restart, afterwards, typing spd-say hello  should work.

Good luck.


-Jon
On Fri 14/11/2008 at 10:47:27, Ignasi Cambra wrote:
Hello all,
I finally decided to go ahead and try Speech-dispatcher, given that it
seems it might be able to solve the problems I'm having.
I am using Ubuntu 8:10. I installed Speech-dispatcher and the
python-speechd package using aptitude (apt-get etc...) and followed the
rest of the instructions on the Orca wiki. Speech-dispatcher doesn't
work. When I type "spd-say something" it says that SD wasn't able to
open. What could I do? I double-checked everything and I think I
configured everything correctly...
If I type "speech-dispatcher" on a terminal window, it tells me 
that it's

unable to start because it can't find a configuration file, which is
supposed to be in a subdirectory of 
/home/username/.speech-dispacher. The

file actually doesn't exist, so I don't know...
Any suggestions?
Thanks!

Ignasi
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