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

[Didier Spaier <didier slint fr>]

Hi, Janina:

On 27/04/2019 18:41, Janina Sajka wrote:
> Hi, Didier:
>
> I just want to be clear. On every system I have had over the past years,
> if espeakup is running, nothing else can output to the device espeakup
> is using.

All I can answer is: it works here.
I have only one sound card, and when espeakup is running I can hear
speech from Orca through speech-dispatcher > libao > alsa
and from a youtube video though Firefox > pulseaudio

So I still think that's a matter of setting.
 
> Note I mean espeakup, not e espeak or espeak-ng. I make this distinction
> carefully.
>
>
> I have never been successful with pulse audio supporting both espeakup
> and speech-dispatcher on the same audio sink/card. I've tried several
> times and eventually given up.

Well, don't pulseaudio for espeakup or speech-dispatcher.

However I just tried setting it as audio output for speech-dispatch1er
both ways:
1. setting in /etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf:
AudioOutputMethod "pulse" 
2. setting in /etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf:
AudioOutputMethod "libao"
and in /etc/libao.conf:
default_driver=pulse

In both cases orca worked, I hear Schubert and espeakup is working

Si again, it's matter of setting of both alsa and pulseaudio

Best regards

Didier