Re: [orca-list] Fedora and orca

[Alonzo <mariachiac aim com>]

Hello Janina,

When I speak about audio and orca in fedora I mean I'm not able to play
a cd, or mp3 on my computer and hear speech at hte same time. I disabled
pulse audio in the line specified at speakupmotified.org
in /etc/alsa/alsa.conf
However, I am mnot able to accomplish speechh and audio at the same
time. When I'm using pidgign, I hear sounds, but orca's speech is
interrupted.

When I download the speakup connector, it says to copy the make file in
a directory which does not come to memory as of now. so I'm asuming I
don't have to do anything with the make file, just copy it in the
correct directory. After doing this, I would edit the grub file and set
speakup to start up automatically with the software synth by adding
sftsyn then reboot and expect it to work. I installed the 32 bit version
of Fedora on my system.

Alonzo

On Thu, 2008-07-24 at 10:02 -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> 1.) It's unlikely you need edit anything in the Speakup Connector
> makefile. You do need to build on a 32-bit system, though. Follow the
> directions at ttsynth.com.
>
> 2.) If you're hearing sounds in addition to Orca while using Pidgin,
> your cd audio problem isn't related to Orca. Try a different player.
> Personally, I find totem works well, though I don't typically play cd's
> on my computers.
>
> Janina
>
> mariachiac aim com writes:
> > Hello darragh and list,
> >
> >
> >
> > I followed the instructions, but can't seem to get orca to play along side sounds. I put in an audio cd 
> > and press play, but it won't since orca takes up the sound. The sound card is able to work with a number 
> > of sounds simotaneously ince i'm able to hear music and noises from pidgin at the same time. Please 
> > advise.
> >
> > I'm also interested in getting tsynth to work with speakup. The speakup connector source code wants me to 
> > specify values in the make file. I assume these are values from 1 to 10.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Alonzo
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > From: Darragh <lists digitaldarragh com>
> >
> > Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 4:32 PM
> >
> > To: "Alonzo" <mariachiac aim com>; orca-list gnome org
> >
> > Subject: RE: [orca-list] Fedora and orca
> >
> >
> >
> > Alonzo, 
> >
> >
> >
> > Sorry, I meant to respond to your mail much earlier than now. 
> >
> >
> >
> > Look at the FAQ section on the Orca website at http://live.gnome.org/Orca
> >
> >
> >
> > For your convenience, I've extracted the relevant text below:
> >
> >
> >
> > How do I get Orca to speak alongside other ALSA applications?
> >
> > NOTE to Ubuntu Hardy users: Ubuntu Hardy is investigating the use of PulseAudio to take care of a lot of 
> > device contention. As a result, audio mixing should "just work" on Ubuntu Hardy and you shouldn't have to 
> > monkey around with this stuff. 
> >
> >
> >
> > Hotly debated issue, It is not Orca's fault that it is set up like this, so the fix should be done 
> > elsewhere, but if you don't care about the politics and simply want it to work then: 
> >
> >
> >
> > sudo apt-get install alsa-ossnow change directory: 
> >
> >
> >
> > cd /usr/lib/bonobo/servers/now edit using your favorite editor: If you are using Espeak then modify: 
> >
> >
> >
> > GNOME_Speech_SynthesisDriver_Espeak.serverand if you are using Festival: 
> >
> >
> >
> > GNOME_Speech_SynthesisDriver_Festival.serverreplace "festival" for "espeak" if you wish to modify the 
> > festival synthesizer. On the third line of the file you will see (remember to use dashes instead of 
> > underscores): 
> >
> >
> >
> >                 type="exe" location="/usr/bin/espeak-synthesis-driver"replace this with: 
> >
> >
> >
> >                 type="exe" location="/usr/bin/aoss /usr/bin/espeak-synthesis-driver"Note that if the 
> > alsa-oss package is not installed then you will have a broken system and wont have any speech output, so 
> > make sure it is installed. 
> >
> >
> >
> > save the file, and restart Orca, now you can use mplayer and suchlike to output sound alongside Orca. 
> >
> > Address:  http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > From: orca-list-bounces gnome org [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of Alonzo
> >
> > Sent: 19 July 2008 06:31
> >
> > To: orca-list gnome org
> >
> > Subject: [orca-list] Fedora and orca
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello list,
> >
> > Does anyone know how to make fedora mix sounds with gnome speech so I
> >
> > can hear music and speech at the same time?
> >
> >
> >
> > Alonzo
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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