Re: [orca-list] Arch linux mate, orca issue

["B. Henry" <burt1iband gmail com>]

I think I know where you read that about removing pulse, or at least I knoow one place where that is 
incorrectly stated. 
As Kyle says, you can indeed change to a pure alsa system, but I would not try libao, at least not first. It 
did not work for me and is certainly not 
needed. 
Just select pure alsa in your speechdispatcher configurations. 
I am not sure pulse is the problem, but it might be. 
Did you follow all the instructions, i.e. did  you export the gtk module or modules that are  recommended, 
and did  you apply the gsettings commands to 
enable accessibility?
I have had excellent luck running a pure alsa system on Arch, but there are two cases where I had to make 
some changes in what I would have other wise 
installed. 
Mangler must be rolled back to the next to the last release, think it ends in -3, and the newest version is 
ending in -4. That is no  biggy, easiest 
done with downgrader or similar from the AUR.
If you use skype however you will need pulse, period. 
As I said, I do not run pulse on my arch installations, but on manjaro I do. 
You can use espeakup, but try the following to  keep console speech. 
You will probably need to run espeakup first as a user, not a system systemd service. The easiest way to do 
this if you are not used tto working with 
systemd service files would be to install the espeakup-git package from the AUR. 
It has rather huge steps between voice rates, more than doublew in the default package. I can help you fix 
that if need be off list. 
Or, just save the espeakup file from /usr/bin before installing espeakup-git in case you are not happy with 
the new rate configuration possibilities. 
Then follow instructions, but use the  espeakup user service option instead of espeakup.service. 
Now when you want to start your GUI do 
sudo systemctl stop espeakup user service  Run startx, and then in a mate-terminal type sudo espeakup. 
This should get you your console voice, i.e. speakup, espeakup and espeak back.
I run this as a script using gksudo. 
If that does not work for you, auto start your gui with  slim or similar and the  for sure starting espeakup 
with sudo will work,. 
Write me off list and  we can talk about anything that is unclear, or come on the talkingarch irc channel.
 
 
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  austinAustin quesada wrote:
Fri, Feb 06, 2015 at 03:58:44AM -0800

> Hi guys. So, i got mate and arch installed on a system yesterday and
> before reboot, i got orca running in the mate session without issue.
> Here is where things get hairy. So i reboot and type startx with
> speakup on so i could read errors. I had set orca to start
> automatically, but it didn't start because it was conflicting with
> espeakup. But even after killing espeakup in the arch consle, still no
> orca after typing startx. Admitedly, i accidently installed the pulse
> audio mate package, i'm not sure if this is causing issues. I read
> somewhere that i can't remove it without breaking everything. So any
> ideas? Maybe there is a demon conflict or something?
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