Re: [orca-list] Speech dispatcher vs. gnome speech

[Steve Holmes <steve holmes88 gmail com>]

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Quick note to any Arch users out there: Speech-Dispatcher can be found
on the AUR.  I made some minor tweaks to the PKGBUILD script to
include the backing up of the config files and alter some dependencies
but haven't had a chance to get it to the package maintainer for
correction.  But I've been using Speech Dispatcher lately with decent
results.  I just wish some of the character pronunciation was a little
better.  Some special characters like "_" and ";" wouldn't echo (sort
of) but that may be an espeak issue. Though gnome-speech doesn't
exhibit these artifacts when it speaks strings to espeak.  So not sure
what the whole problem is.  Other than that, I wouldn't mind using
Speech Dispatcher in the long term.

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:03:16AM -0700, Jacob Schmude wrote:
> Hi
> One major advantage to speech dispatcher is that it handles audio output directly rather than leaving it to 
> the individual synthesizer. This means that synths such as ViaVoice which insist on using OSS as their 
> output method instead will go through the output method that is set up in speech dispatcher, meaning they 
> can go through ALSA or Pulseaudio without the stability issues that result when using wrappers such as 
> libpulsedsp.so or libaoss.so. In synthesizers like espeak, with gnome-speech, the output method has to be 
> compiled in and there can be only one, whereas with speech dispatcher this is not an issue.
> Another advantage to it is responsiveness, there's no CORBA passing when using speech dispatcher which 
> decreases certain lag issues dramatically.
> That being said, there are still issues with speech dispatcher. Still, with CORBA being phased out, 
> gnome-speech was on life support anyway, and it makes sense to go with a desktop-neutral solution with the 
> migration to Dbus. Speech dispatcher does not require any GNOME libraries to function so, for example, when 
> we have access to KDE it will still work withouth GNOME. The same can not be said of gnome-speech.
>
>
> On Nov 10, 2009, at 09:55, Zachary Kline wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> > As an ArchLinux user, I'm currently using Gnome 2.28 with gnome speech
> > and espeak.  I'd just like to say, for the record, that I find this
> > solution quite sufficient for my needs.  Speech-dispatcher has always
> > seemed to be an extra layer of complexity for me, one which is unneeded.  
> > There may be hidden advantages to it which I'm unaware of.  I'd be
> > curious to hear someone else's take on this.
> > All the best,
> > Zack.
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