Re: [orca-list] Orca And Multiple Audio Devices

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

Hi Janina:

The decision isn't made by Orca or gnome-speech.  :-(  Instead, 
gnome-speech relies upon the underlying TTS engine to make the choice. 
So, I'm afraid this ends up coming down to needing to know more about 
the engine you are using and if/how to tell it what to use.

If the community moves forward with a replacement for gnome-speech 
(e.g., speech dispatcher or something similar to it), these kinds of 
considerations definitely need to be made.  It would be fantastic to 
allow better control over where the speech is being sent.

Will

PS - I realize speech dispatcher does this to some extent today.

Janina Sajka wrote:
> I'm wondering what controls which audio device Gnome-Speech and Orca
> will use? In particular, how might I indicate I want a particular device
> to be used?
>
> I know that that, when I boot and log onto the desktop, Orca will speak
> through my first audio device, alsa's hw:0. However, depending on what
> else I have done on this system with two audio cards, eventually Orca
> will use the second device, alsa hw:1. I would like to direct TTS output
> back to hw:0 without rebooting. How can I do that?
>
> Janina