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

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

Thanks, Will.

I got so frustrated with this last night that I went on Newegg and
ordered a third audio card for the particular computer involved.
Fortunately an Audigy was available for $27 plus shipping, and it should
do the job until such time, as the proverbial verbiage goes, that our OS
environments do a better job of such things.

I dare say, though, that if video were handled like audio is, no one
would give Linux a second look. The situation is truly outrageous, imho,
all the more so for being so long lived in disarray.

PS: I might add that both TTSynth and Espeak sound mighty good through
my high end RME device--but I need that one for jack and audio apps,
some of which will hopefully allow me to do some audio work with Orca.

Janina

Willie Walker writes:
> 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

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