Re: [orca-list] I think my installed Ubuntu and Orca is just plain unstable...

[Daniel Dalton <d dalton iinet net au>]

On Fri, 15 Feb 2008, Hermann wrote:

> am Fr 15. Feb 2008 um 09:53:00 schrieb Daniel Dalton <d dalton iinet net au>:
> > > Well haven't had much luck with trying to play a simple mp3 file. I'm
> > > now on my 2ND player, Exhail. This does work some what except orca
> > > craps out when the program runs or it won't play and Orca keeps on
> > > functioning.
> >
> > If possible kill orca and then play your files.
> > If they work; go to the orca FAQ and read up on how to enable orca to use
> > alsa...
> > (I think alsa instructions are there.)
> > And hopefully that is the problem.
>
> The problem is Gnome-Speech. It does not work with Alsa. All the players

What? If you use the default espeak voice with orca (espeak-gnome-driver) 
you can use alsa.

Why not follow:
http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#head-fa7c4a1
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> (Totem, Rhythmbox etc.) use Alsa.

Yeah ok, thought they did just wanted to be completely sure.
After following these instructions I can use alsa so listen to music while 
orca speaks.

> Furthermore I can confirm the difficaulties in using the features in
> Rhythmbox - I think Bob wrote about it.
> So my conclusion is to use a text based Linux, because it is miles ahead
> concerning stability, usability etc.

That is true, however, I prefer to browse the net with firefox.
Some things need a gui. So I think a combination of both is best. Although 
gnome is becoming more and more accessible.
Like you can do:
spread sheats, document reading/writing, email, web browsing, 
gnome-terminal, music, video and lots more with orca.

Stuff like torrents system-admin and podcasting I do in a console with 
brltty and speakup.
Oh and for now I am doing email with speakup and brltty but soon I will 
probably try thunderbird.
And I program in a console.

> For work, I cannot do on a text console, I use sometimes Ubuntu, but
> mostly Windows. And I guess this situation will last for a while :-(

Totally disagree!
I haven't used windows for ages. You don't really need it with a 
combination of both gui and cli.

Maybe audio-editing may need to be done on windows but I will look into 
this on linux. I don't really do this anyway to be honest.
And audio games. Well yeah ok.
But why can't they run under wine is my question.
Orca doesn't need to speak.

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Daniel Dalton

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