Re: [orca-list] Orca, Gnome Speech extreme latency, stalling

[Stephen Clower <steve steve-audio net>]

Willie Walker wrote:
> Hmmm....I wonder if this might have something to do with the audio 
> system in use. The Ubuntu folks have been looking at Pulse Audio, but 
> I think that may end up resulting in some very poor audio performance. 
> Orca, for example, seems to be pretty responsive on my OpenSolaris box.


Will,
I'm certain this is part of the equation. If I recompile gnome-speech, I 
notice that audio seems to go through oss instead of pulse. Latency is 
slightly better without that overhead, but overall it's not as nimble as 
my screen reader in Windows.

What audio system are you using in Solaris? If you and other orca users 
aren't noticing this sluggishness, then perhaps we Ubuntu users should 
try to configure our systems to match your setups.

Regards,
Steve