Re: [orca-list] Espeak rashes in Fedora 18 after Friday's updates

[am_dxer <am_dxer fastmail fm>]

Hi dave,  As others have said, I had the strange language issues after 
the yum update but no problem with espeak crashing. Maybe try sudo yum 
reinstall speech-dispatcher espeak. Sorry I can't be of more help.

On 04/07/2013 11:39 AM, Al Sten-Clanton wrote:
> Dave, I think I can answer one question:  a look at my updates 
> yesterday seemed to show that espeak was one of them.  (This is 
> consistent with what you replied to my "strange update" message, 
> though it doesn't tell us why the update should screw things up.)
>
> I don't seem to be having the kind of espeak crashes you mention. One 
> problem I do have since getting Speakup working is that the software 
> speech often responds to reading keys slower than a glacier.
>
> Did you install Fedora without sighted assistance?  That is, can we 
> mere insignificant blind folks finally use the installer?
>
> Al
>
> On 04/07/2013 10:45 AM, Dave Hunt wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > In installed Fedora 18, probably the 64-bit edition, and did a
> > "sudo yum update",
> > letting all the patches and updates happen.  Having done this, I 
> > notice that espeak seems to crash often, seemingly when I interrupt 
> > speech.  I get the "dummy output module" message from speech 
> > dispatcher.  Only a system restart seems to fix this.  I see other 
> > reports of espeak malfunctions in Fedora 18; did Fedora push an 
> > espeak patch or update?  Is there a way to roll espeak back?  I am 
> > not very familiar with Fedora's ways.
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> >
> >
> > Dave  The Distro-hopper
> >
> >
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