Re: [orca-list] Crazy Speech Changes

[Steve Holmes <steve holmes88 gmail com>]

Wow, I just looked and the prod version of espeak according to Arch is
1.45.05 and this test version is 1.45.47? Wonder what it takes to get
caught clear up.  Thanks Michael, I believe you may have been the one
to build that AUR package.  Up til yesterday, I never had any real
issues with espeak.  Guess I'll better and get that package.

On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 01:40:13PM -0500, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> 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>  wrote:
> > > > 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.  Up 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.  Is 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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