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

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

Hi Storm,
Thanks.
This seem to be speech-dispatcher 0.8.8.
So far,  libao got rid of the errors im syslog, but spd-say completes 
without an error or a sound.
The speechd.conf I have is so old that it does not list libao as an output 
option yet.
During the upgrade, the old configuration files were kept.
I just replaced alsa with libao.
I'll play around with this some more.
Regards, Willem


On Fri, 26 Apr 2019, Storm Dragon wrote:

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> Howdy Willem,
>
> For speech-dispatcher with alsa, you could try setting the output to libao. 
> Make sure to install libao before trying this.
>
> You may need to open /etc/libao.conf and set:
>
> default_driver=alsa
>
> HTH,
> Storm
>
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 11:45:32AM +0200, Willem van der Walt wrote:
> > 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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