[orca-list] Short Jaunty alpha-3 impressions

[Hammer Attila <hammera pickup hu>]

Dear List!

I tryed two day with Jaunty Alpha3 release, i would like writing my
short impressions:
Yesterday first, because espeak is not work nagively, I not want
inserting manualy snd-pcm-oss and snd-mixer-oss
modules and testing purpose I want makinfg different changes, I making a
custom live cd with trivial offficial accessibility changes with
live.gnome.org/Orca page and following changes:
1. inserting the snd-mixer-oss and snd-pcm-oss modules with /etc/modules
file.
2. Configuring default accessibility support to screen reader with
following:
When extracted the filesystem.squashfs file and chrooted the new system,
typing following commands:
gconftool-2 -s -t bool /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility true
gconftool-2 -s -t bool /desktop/gnome/applications/at/visual/startup true
I like this, because BeLin (similar release with Vinux) using this method.

I disabling pulse audio because lot of time my machine lost speech Hardy
and Intrepid. I using following documentation:
http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/alsa-instead-of-pulseaudio-for-ubuntu-810-intrepid-a-non-destructive-way/

Yesterday impressions:
When booting the live cd, it is very fast. Because inserting snd-pcm-oss
module and snd-mixer-oss module, the sound is correct work my desktop
machine, but my notebook the sound is not working because I not have
sighted assistance yet. The login sound is not played, but the Orca
screen reader is starting automaticaly and talking correct.
I found following problems, please anybody confirm:
1. When typing any application with my keyboard, Espeak saying later the
typed character, such as 2 second later when I pressing a letter for
example. When moving a menu (for example the applications menu), Orca or
espeak is very slow, wait 1,5 or two second before speaking. I using
70.0 speech rate, it is very fast. :-):-)
The latenci is very disturb when I trying fastest moving the menues or
dialog controls with official
navigation methods.
I have got a Creative Audigy LS sound card my desktop machine.

For example in Hardy or Intrepid, Espeak doing a little latency, but lot
of slowest with Debian Lenny. If I working in Lenny, the typing is very
fast, the moving operations is bigger fastest. If I known right, Debian
using
oldest gnome-speech version. Possible fixing this latenci problem and
fastest the speech latenci?

2. When I launching Mozilla Firefox, the heading navigations is not
speeching. For example when I pressing h key, not spokening the actual
heading level. Only speeching xxx heading level when i pressing for
example the where am I key.

3. When I trying install with 9.04, I founding following problemsafter
running Ubiquity:
- Language list is not spokening yet.
- partitioner manual setting is not working, my desktop machine.

This is yesterday result.

On thuesday, I looked originaly 9.04 current dayly live cd (I manual
loaded snd-mixer-oss and
snd-pcm-oss modules) producing very slow speech latency.
I looked two machines, my desktop pc and my notebook.
For example when I typing very fast the apple word, the speech
sinthesizer (Espeak) says this:
a    p    l    e
When speech sinthesizer beginning says the a letter, the apple word
already wroted.

Another problem:
When Orca is not running, the system monitor application is displaying
the cpu usage is 4%.
When Orca is running, the system monitor displaying 28% or larger cpu
usage. (When I launched firefox, first cpu showing 35%, second cpu
showing 50% I think).
I have got an Athlon64 X2 processor and 2 GB ram of my desktop machine,
i think it is not good result.
In Debian Lenny, when Orca is running, the system monitor application
showing 4% cpu usage, this is correct.

I known, 9.04 is an alpha state, but if not happen drastical think, I
hope it
is very stable release in final date.

I have got a question:
This speech latency is an Orca, gnome-speech or Espeak problem? I tryed
installed latest trunk version with Jaunty, the problem is present, but
only Jaunty, Debian Lenny, Intrepid, Hardy not producing this drastical
latency.

I waiting alpha-4 release, because I very like testing development
versions.

Attila

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