Re: [orca-list] No sound with GUI under Debian stable (MATE) under VBox 5.27+

[Didier Spaier <didier slint fr>]

Le 28/02/2018 à 11:13, Alex ARNAUD a écrit :
> Le 28/02/2018 à 11:01, Didier Spaier a écrit :
> > This works here (TM):
> > espeakup runs (started by root before login), relying on espeak which uses portaudio
> > orca is started at the user level by ~/.config/autostart/startorca.desktop in graphical environments, 
> > relying on speech-dispatcher that uses alsa as audio method
> > If used, lightdm  speaks with orca
> > If used, gdm2 speaks with orca
> > Users can switch between console mode and graphical mode with speech in both environments
> >
> > What are the differences?
>
> By default, on Debian, speech-dispatcher relies on PulseAudio.

Then it should be possible to change that with spd-conf (unless
speech-dispatcher has been configured without alsa, which case it would
be necessary to rebuild it) as shown below:

didier[~]$ spd-conf

Speech Dispatcher configuration tool

Do you want to setup a completely new configuration? [yes] :
>
Do you want to create/setup a 'user' or 'system' configuration [user] :
>
User configuration already exists.
Do you want to rewrite it with a new one? [no] :
> yes
User configuration created in /home/didier/.config/speech-dispatcher
Configuring user settings for Speech Dispatcher
Default output module [espeak] :
>
Default language (two-letter iso language code like "en" or "cs") [en] :
> fr
Default audio output method [pulse] :
> alsa
...

Regards, Didier