Re: [orca-list] Solving screenreader sound problems in presence of sound servers once and for all

[Chris Brannon <chris the-brannons com>]

Michał Zegan <webczat_200 poczta onet pl> writes:

> Well, if you have pulseaudio installed and running per user, then I
> doupt you can get sound working in console without any hacks, definitely
> not before you log in to text mode.
> In case of system wide pulseaudio you would be using a deprecated
> configuration.

Pulseaudio in system mode is not deprecated.  However it isn't
recommended by the pulseaudio devs.  I ignore that recommendation.  It
works well, and it is perfectly performant.

You can download my configuration from
(https://the-brannons.com/pulse-config.tar.gz).  I use that
configuration on Void Linux.  You may need to tweak it for other distros.
You'll also have to enable the pulseaudio service in your init system.

The multiseat / multiuser desktop stuff is for big institutional /
corporate users.  The vast majority of blind people tend to monopolize a
Linux machine so it effectively just has one human user.  I'm sure this
is true of everyone running Linux et al on a laptop or desktop.  All of
the logind and swarm of per-user autospawning daemons stuff goes against
the grain of Unix, as well as making a system unstable and
unpredictable.

The right way to share a Linux machine among multiple physical users is
to have dedicated thin clients AKA X terminals that all have their own
dedicated I/O hardware.

espeakup and Speech Dispatcher can share a systemwide pulseaudio just
fine, even with Speech Dispatcher running per-user.  Speaking of Speech
Dispatcher, I will be forking speechd-up soon, because it has been 
effectively unmaintained for years.  Announcement forthcoming.

Pipewire has a pulseaudio compatibility mode to ease adoption, so why
is it particularly relevant here?

-- Chris
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