Re: [orca-list] espeak, Pulseaudio and stuttering speech

[Frans-Willem Post <fwpost gmail com>]

Hi Nick,

I can confirm this, but cannot explain any of it.

My two systems: Ubuntu 16.04, 64 bit.

Orca version 3.18.2 from the repos
PulseAudio version 8.0 from the repos

Kind regards,

Frans-Willem Post

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> From: Nick Wood <nick microlitesoftware co uk>
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> Hi all,
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> I have three systems that all exhibit the same problem - and although
> only a minor annoyance I wondered if it's just me:
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> When my systems boot, and Orca starts speaking on the logon screen, the
> speech is quite often distorted / stuttery /jittery.  After a second or
> two it settles down and is OK.
>
> Then when I log in and start Orca at the desktop, the distorted speech
> is back, and again after a second or two it settles down.
>
> Systems are Fedora 25 and Ubuntu 14.04, both 64-bit.
>
> I read somewhere that the problem is down to Pulseaudio - i.e. when it
> first starts up it has to "learn" the appropriate buffer settings and
> adapt within the first couple of seconds to your own sound hardware.
> However, I'm not sure if that's true or not.
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> Does anyone else experience rather shaky sound at startup that seems to
> sort itself out?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nick