Howdy, Did you try: spd-say "hello" Does it speak? If not, try: killall -9g speech-dispatcher && speech-dispatcher then repeat the above step again: spd-say "hello" If that still doesn't speak, try upgrading to speech-dispatcher from git available in the AUR. Hopefully, when the espeak code gets added, loss of speech will become much more rare. HTH Storm On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 06:40:40PM -0400, Al Sten-Clanton wrote:
Greetings!I didn't use my Linux machine for a few days. Today, I find that Orca doesn't speak. It is running, according to the ps command. Sound is fine, as shown by using Firefox to get to an online radio station. I have used versions 3.17.90pre, 3.16.2, and 3.17.91pre, and have rebooted for each. The super-alt-s keystroke has alternately shown me that it was running and that it was not. I have also tried Orca-s several times. It seems, therefore, that everything I've used is working except Orca's speech output.I'm using Arch. I ran an update today, after finding this problem. I think I did one last week, but don't recall whether I used Orca afterwards or simply shut down, so can't say for sure that that update didn't somehow cause the problem.I'll be grateful for any help. Al _______________________________________________ orca-list mailing list orca-list gnome org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca. The manual is at http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp
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