Re: [orca-list] Per-application volume control

[covici ccs covici com]

I use alsa only for speech dispatcher as I have never gotten pulseaudio
to work properly.

lsmithso hare demon co uk wrote:

> There is an audio ducking plugin for pulseaudio, but its geared
> towards ducking audio for skype/voip phone calls. It didn't seem
> flexible enough to do general audio ducking, as it wasn't tied in to
> the desktop.
>
> Can anyone with knowledge of Orca's internals give some idea of how
> difficult this might be to achieve?
>
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> kendell clark writes:
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>  > hi
>  > Now that would be one cool feature to have, imo
>  > Thanks
>  > Kendell clark
>  > 
>  > 
>  > lsmithso hare demon co uk wrote:
>  > > 
>  > > While we're talking wishlists, how about audio ducking, where the 
>  > > focused window is louder than non-focused windows, notifications
>  > > etc.
>  > > 
>  > > Daniel Barich writes:
>  > >> It would be nice to be able to configure a key combination to
>  > >> adjust orca's speech volume.  Currently this is not possible in
>  > >> the Key Bindings tab in preferences, and you have to open
>  > >> preferences and navigate to the Volume control in the Voice tab.
>  > >> 
>  > >> On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Jason White
>  > >> <jason jasonjgw net> wrote:
>  > >> 
>  > >>> This question may have been answered before; if so, I apologize
>  > >>> for raising it again.
>  > >>> 
>  > >>> One of the advantages of PulseAudio is so-called
>  > >>> "per-application volume control". How do I use this with Orca
>  > >>> and Speech-Dispatcher. Suppose I want to play an audio file,
>  > >>> for example from Firefox. I need to adjust the volume of the
>  > >>> audio that is playing without changing the volume of speech
>  > >>> output from Orca.
>  > >>> 
>  > >>> I'm using a braille display, so I can just turn speech off and
>  > >>> adjust the main volume, which would work well for me. However,
>  > >>> it wouldn't work for everyone and I'm curious to know how to
>  > >>> adjust volume separately for Orca and for a media player.
>  > >>> 
>  > >>> I'm running GNOME 3.14.
>  > >>> 
>  > >>> _______________________________________________ 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
>  > >>> 
>  > >> 
>  > >> 
>  > >> 
>  > >> -- Daniel Barich Barich Assistive Technology Gambier, OH 43022 
>  > >> 740-504-4935 _______________________________________________ 
>  > >> 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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> -- 
> Les Smithson
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