Re: [orca-list] orca command-line configuration question

[Willem van der Walt <wvdwalt csir co za>]

Thanks both to Zahari and Janina.
Yes, I am running espeakup/speakup.
Yes, spd-say does not work, likely because espeakup grabs alsa.
Yes, I am using alsa, not pulseaudio.
I do not really want to run speechd_up, but I suppose that might be 
another option.
No, I do not have the luxury of a second sound device, so that one 
cannot work here.
I might look at Peter's patch.
Kind regards, Willem


On Fri, 26 Apr 2019, Janina Sajka wrote:

> Hi, Willem:
>
> You need to get speech-dispatcher working. In that effort spd-say is
> your friend from the cli. If you can pass it a string and hear speech,
> you should be good to go with Orca.
> You don't say, but I presume you're also running Speakup on this same
> machine? If so, espeakup could be blocking speech-dispatcher. At least,
> that's how things work on my machines and it's the reason I use a second
> audio card for speech-dispatcher. If using alsa in such a configuration
> you'll want to identify the appropriate device in
> /etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf. Here's the relevant line from my
> file:
>
> #AudioALSADevice "plughw:1"
>
> Note this line is commented because I'm using libao, not alsa, which is
> slected higher up in that file. libao simply chooses the first available
> audio card when launched. In my case that turns out to be hw:1.
>
> People using pulseaudio will have a different approach. I can't speak to
> that, it's never worked for me.
>
> hth
>
> Janina
>
> Willem van der Walt writes:
> > Good day,
> > I have revived my x-windows system, but still need to get orca running.
> > Actually, it seem to be running, but it is not talking as my
> > speech-dispatcher is not working.
> > I kind of remember that one had a choice to either directly use espeak or
> > use it through speech-dispatcher.
> > OK, so I am trying to run orca from a console, to set it up to use espeak
> > directly, but it wants to connect to the x server.
> > How can I make this change from the command line?
> > I am happy to edit configuration files if I know which one and where to look
> > for it.
> > I am running ubuntu 18.04, reached through an upgrade.
> > The orca version is 3.28.0
> > TIA, Willem
> >
> >
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>
> Janina Sajka
>
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