Re: [orca-list] Problems with speech in Intrepid

[Jose Vilmar Estacio de souza <vilmar informal com br>]

HI, I'm sending the result of the ps -elf |grep orca.


0 S vilmar    6222     1  0  80   0 -   971 wait   21:59 ?        
00:00:00 /bin/bash /usr/bin/orca
1 S vilmar    6229  6222  0  80   0 -   971 wait   21:59 ?        
00:00:00 /bin/bash /usr/bin/orca
0 R vilmar    6254  6229  4  80   0 - 10540 -      21:59 ?        
00:00:36 /usr/bin/python -c import orca.orca; orca.orca.main()

Willie Walker wrote:
> This should do it from the command line:
>
>    ps -elf | grep orca
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Will
>
> José Vilmar Estácio de Souza wrote:
> > My problem is that I don't know how to capture the output given by 
> > System Monitor.
> > I can send the output of the ps statement.
> >
> > Willie Walker wrote:
> > > Please send the output and I'll take a look.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Will
> > >
> > > José Vilmar Estácio de Souza wrote:
> > > > For while what I can tell is that they have the same name.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Willie Walker wrote:
> > > > > If they are identical, then this would be strange.  If one is the 
> > > > > shell script to launch orca and the other is the python process, 
> > > > > then this is OK.
> > > > >
> > > > > Hope this helps!
> > > > >
> > > > > Will
> > > > >
> > > > > José Vilmar Estácio de Souza wrote:
> > > > > > Hi Will,
> > > > > > Looking at the system processes I found two processes  called 
> > > > > > orca. Is this ok?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Willie Walker wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi David:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > These are very strange problems.  It sounds almost as though you 
> > > > > > > have two orca's running.  If you look at the system processes, 
> > > > > > > do you notice anything strange?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Will
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > David E. Price wrote:
> > > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I'm having lots of problems with speech in Intrepid.  I've been 
> > > > > > > > spending the last several days of non-work time trying to sort 
> > > > > > > > out these problems.  These problems occur with both Cepstral 
> > > > > > > > and eSpeak. These problems include:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > - Orca often repeats everything that it says.  This behavior 
> > > > > > > > seems to be based on the size of the block of text sent to the 
> > > > > > > > synthesizer.  For instance, if I'm typing words, I will hear 
> > > > > > > > each word echoed.  However, if I am in gnome-terminal and I 
> > > > > > > > type "ls", I hear the entire listing then hear the entire 
> > > > > > > > listing a second time.  This is dependent on the Orca start--if 
> > > > > > > > Orca starts and everything is repeated, the behavior will 
> > > > > > > > continue until I quit Orca; if Orca starts and there is no 
> > > > > > > > repetition initially, the repetitions will not occur  during 
> > > > > > > > that session. An interesting side effect of this problem is 
> > > > > > > > that, when it is occurring, I can't quit Orca using the Quit 
> > > > > > > > Orca dialog (Orca_modifier-q)--I need to use the command line 
> > > > > > > > "Orca -q" to quit.  Right now, the repetition behavior seems to 
> > > > > > > > be occurring about 60-70% of the time.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > - If I use the Orca Preferences dialog to change the speech 
> > > > > > > > synthesizer, I often end up with both synthesizers speaking 
> > > > > > > > after activating either the Apply or OK buttons. (I've yet to 
> > > > > > > > capture this in a debug log... whenever I'm capturing the debug 
> > > > > > > > log, the problem doesn't occur.  I'll try a few more times to 
> > > > > > > > get this recorded.)
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > - When I log off, I hear
> > > > > > > > the reset strings sent out through the emacspeak speech server 
> > > > > > > > to my DECTalk Express (not being used by Orca), then the 
> > > > > > > > current voice (or both voices) will say the first question of 
> > > > > > > > the text setup.  These two messages are spoken in parallel 
> > > > > > > > (given that they are using two or three different 
> > > > > > > > synthesizers), but the emacspeak messages always start first.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > The two things that I have left to try are to see if I can get 
> > > > > > > > the emacspeak speech server running under Orca, then see if 
> > > > > > > > these behaviors persist.  If they do not, then I will rebuild 
> > > > > > > > gnome-speech from source.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Does anyone have any other suggestions?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > dave
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
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