Re: [orca-list] [Fwd: Re: Proposal: Remove the emacspeak suppport]

[Dave Hunt <ka1cey gmail com>]

+1 for dropping the emacspeak speech server code in Orca.

Isn't there 
already USB Triple Talk support in Speakup?

If there's demand, perhaps a speech dispatcher module for hardware boxes 
that use the SSIL protocol can be made?


Cheers,


Dave




On Thu, 5 Jan 2012, Steve Holmes wrote:

> +1 for discontinuing the emacspeak driver support.  In general, speech
> dispatcher does a good job of supporting a variety of synthesizers.  I
> think going forward would be much easier for Orca to not to have to
> cary extra bagage like limitted speech synth support when it can be
> handled by something else.  Speech Dispatcher is a good example of a
> "common routine" to centralize speech support.
>
> Yes, I think speech dispatcher can use help to be more stable and it
> can be configured to not require pulse audio, plus it can support
> hardware speech once a driver gets written.
>
> I bought a USB Tripple Talk recently so I now have some interest in
> seeing something to support it with speakup and with speech
> dispatcher.  I need to learn how to write a USB driver though and I've
> never done that before.
>
> On 1/5/12, Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2012-01-05 at 22:03 +0600, Dmitri Paduchikh wrote:
> > > Sticking to old versions of Orca (and GNOME, probably) would be
> > > undesirable for everyone, I think, and we are not exception.
> >
> > From what I have heard discussed on this list, it is getting
> > progressively more difficult to use hardware synthesizers on systems you
> > can just "go out and buy." At the same time, running the current GNOME
> > on older hardware is becoming progressively more difficult. If this is
> > indeed the case, then using the latest GNOME might, as a side effect,
> > mean giving up the use of the hardware synthesizers. I dunno....
> >
> > >  Will
> > > removing Emacspeak support right now help to solve some real problems
> > > with Orca 3.4 or it can wait for some time?
> >
> > Is there a third choice? <smiles>
> >
> > Lemme put it this way: If we keep it, then I am going to need lots of
> > testing when I completely redo the presentation support in Orca because
> > I'm very likely going to break stuff given that I am converting code I
> > didn't write and have little-to-no practical means of testing. And if
> > it's completely broken, it's of no more use than if it is not even
> > there. So if the Russian Linux community wants to step forward and help
> > me on that front, I am willing to keep it around.
> >
> > I still feel, however, that independent of Orca, it makes good sense to
> > see this support added to speech-dispatcher.
> >
> > Take care.
> > --joanie
> >
> >
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