Re: [orca-list] Success with Orca-2387 and Speech-Dispatcher backend

[Erik Heil <eheil sdf lonestar org>]

Hi.  i don't notice any sutterring when I use the Gnome-Speech backend.
Personally though, i haven't used the Speech Dispatcher backend though, so
I can't comment on that.  However, i can comment on the sound issues many
of you are experiencing with the lack of multichannel support.  My card
(an SantaCruz--CS46XX chipset) seems to do its mixing in hardware.  So I
don't see why it seems that ESD needs to be started in order to get multi
channel support in Gnome.  I can say taht I'm sure that I don't need esd
at any other time.  i.e. when running various instances of mplayer or
other application which writes to /dev/dsp.  So their is not an issue of
device contention here.  Any of you have any suggestions?  Thanks and keep
up the good work on Orca

--erik


On Tue, 15 May 2007, Igor Gueths wrote:

> Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 00:53:46 -0400
> From: Igor Gueths <igueths lava-net com>
> To: orca-list gnome org
> Subject: [orca-list] Success with Orca-2387 and Speech-Dispatcher backend
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> Hi all. A few minutes ago, I experimented with changing the speech backend from Gnome-speech's  Espeak 
> driver to the direct Speech-Dispatcher backend. Surprisingly, I was able to easily begin
> using the SD backend, with no problems whatsoever. One thing I noticed, and that I didn't see mentioned at 
> http://live.gnome.org/Orca/SpeechDispatcher, was that rate/pitch changes are
> unannounced, despite them having taken place; hitting capslock+arrows doesn't yield higher, faster, or 
> slower anymore. Despite this, and the other minor bugs/stuff on the TODO list, imo this
> backend is very usable; I'm actually beginning to prefer it over Gnome-speech, since I don't get the 
> occasional stuttering that I somehow got used to previously. Great job so far, and keep up
> the good work!
> - - Igor
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