Re: [orca-list] pulse audio Speakup and orca

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

Halim Sahin writes:
> Hi Janina,
> Don't forget to switch to libao in speechd.conf after folowing the steps
> described in archwiki.
> MfG.
> Halim

Thanks, Halim, for the explicit reminder. I did forget this step at
first and was very unsatisfied with the laggy performance of the default
pulse driver in speech-dispatcher.

Switching to libao on my Fedora system has given me the best performing
Fedora I've ever had, but only when I switched back to TTSynth with the
native speakup-connector on the console. Fortunately, it's now all
working on one audio device. Previously, I had two--one device for the
gui, another for the console. So, I'm quite the happy customer.

Thanks again for the pa configuration steps. I can perfectly accept pa
on these terms! <grin>

Janina

> On Fr, Nov 13, 2015 at 01:16:15 -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > Halim:
> >
> > I'm going to try and follow your steps this weekend as I continue to
> > configure an old laptop to run Arch.
> >
> > Thanks for the reminder.
> >
> > Janina
> >
> > Halim Sahin writes:
> > > Hi,
> > > It seems nobody read my posts :-(.
> > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio#ALSA.2Fdmix_without_grabbing_hardware_device
> > >
> > > HTH.
> > > Halim
> > >
> > > On Di, Nov 10, 2015 at 01:44:30 -0600, Alex Midence wrote:
> > > > It isn't necessary to use systemwide Pulse audio anymore.  I use console speech on my Ubuntu box at 
> > > > home which has Pulse Audio  installed and configured in the recommended way (not systemwide) and I am 
> > > > able to use Speakup just fine.  The trick is to start it from a Gnome Terminal within X:
> > > >
> > > > sudo modprobe speakupg_soft start=1
> > > > sudo espeakup
> > > >
> > > > Just my thoughts,
> > > > Alex M
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of Mike and Jenna
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 1:37 PM
> > > > To: orca-list gnome org
> > > > Subject: [orca-list] pulse audio speakup and orca
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I am coming a long way on the new directions for making a newer version of debian Vinux butt want to 
> > > > maybe get some suggestions I recompiled espeak to use  pulse audio I will paste the instructions that 
> > > > I have required from john and a few others from mailing lists.
> > > >
> > > > > > Edit the Makefile and find the section which reads like this:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > # 'runtime' uses pulseaudio if it is running, else uses portaudio 
> > > > > > #AUDIO = runtime AUDIO = portaudio #AUDIO = portaudio0 #AUDIO = 
> > > > > > portaudio2 #AUDIO = pulseaudio #AUDIO = sada
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And simply change it to read thusly:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > # 'runtime' uses pulseaudio if it is running, else uses portaudio 
> > > > > > #AUDIO = runtime #AUDIO = portaudio #AUDIO = portaudio0 #AUDIO = 
> > > > > > portaudio2 AUDIO = pulseaudio #AUDIO = sada
> > > > > >
> > > > > > As you can see I just commented out portaudio and uncommented 
> > > > > > pulseaudio.
> > > >
> > > > cd ../../
> > > > apt-get install espeakup
> > > > cd espeakup-0.71/
> > > > make
> > > > make install
> > > >
> > > > modprobe speakup-soft
> > > > espeakup
> > > >
> > > > Now I wonder If I should go threw this next part and try as I am building it as a rolling release 
> > > > using sid and apt-get -u to hold back broken packages
> > > >
> > > > Here is the part in question mind you I am using software speech and not hardware speech.
> > > >
> > > > In Debian Jessie/Sid, you will need to edit /etc/default/pulseaudio to have this line:
> > > >
> > > > PULSEAUDIO_SYSTEM_START=1
> > > >
> > > > And in /etc/pulse/client.conf:
> > > >
> > > > autospawn = no
> > > >
> > > > It's been a while since I configured speech for orca, but I think I had to modify 
> > > > /etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf to use a unix socket:
> > > >
> > > > SocketPath "/var/run/speech-dispatcher/speech-dispatcher.sock"
> > > >
> > > > And in my .bash_profile, I added:
> > > >
> > > > export
> > > > SPEECHD_ADDRESS="unix_socket:/var/run/speech-dispatcher/speech-dispatcher.so
> > > > ck"
> > > >
> > > > I use hardware speech with speakup on the machine running orca and I don't run orca on the machine 
> > > > using espeakup, so I can't say that it will work for both orca and speakup with espeakup. Please 
> > > > follow up if I missed something.
> > > >
> > > > Here is a link to the bug report.
> > > >
> > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481651
> > > > >
> > > >
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Janina Sajka,   Phone:  +1.443.300.2200
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                Email:  janina rednote net

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