Re: [orca-list] Crazy Speech Changes

[Joanmarie Diggs <joanied gnome org>]

Thanks Michael!

I finally got espeak 1.45.47 compiled. Also wound up having to do a
spd-conf. But now I no longer can reproduce the bug either. As I
commented in bugzilla, hopefully the distros will pick up this new
version of espeak soon....

Take care.
--joanie

On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 13:15, Michael Whapples <mwhapples aim com> wrote:
> You probably know Joannie, but I have done this and do not get the issue
> with the test version of espeak. Added this comment to the bug report, why
> you should know.
>
> Michael Whapples
> On 13/11/11 17:49, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > Hey Michael.
> >
> > Since you are not seeing it, and since I am currently dealing with
> > compiling errors for the latest espeak, would you mind trying the test
> > case I filed in this bug:
> > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=663960
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> > --joanie
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 11:17, Michael Whapples<mwhapples aim com> Âwrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > Initially this sounds like the same issue. Are you using espeak with
> > > speech-dispatcher? It seems to have gone away for me by upgrading to the
> > > latest test version of espeak. On ArchLinux you can get this version of
> > > espeak by using the AUR package espeak-test.
> > >
> > > Michael Whapples
> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve
> > > Holmes"<steve holmes88 gmail com>
> > > To: "Orca E-mail List"<orca-list gnome org>
> > > Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 2:52 AM
> > > Subject: [orca-list] Crazy Speech Changes
> > >
> > >
> > > > I recall some folks talking about sudden speech rate changes with
> > > > Speech Dispatcher. ÂUp til now, I never had such experiences but now
> > > > that I'm on the National Braille Press web site,
> > > > http://www.nbp.org
> > > > I scroll down most pages and at certain points, the speech rate will
> > > > suddenly slow to some excruciatingly slow speed! If I go to a console
> > > > and run spd-say with a single phrase, speechd then resumes its normal
> > > > speech rate again til it happens again. ÂIs this what others were
> > > > experiencing?
> > > >
> > > > I'm using speech dispatcher as my usual central service with ALSA and
> > > > latest gnome 3.2 and similar Orca.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas? I've never had this before now.
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