[orca-list] Configuring Pipewire

[Jason White <jason jasonjgw net>]

I've installed Pipewire, including the PulseAudio and Jack emulation, 
under Arch Linux. I appreciate that this is new software and still under 
development.

I have USB headphones attached, and this is where the configuration 
problem becomes interesting.

When Gdm is loaded during the boot process, Orca starts and speaks a 
message via the USB audio device. However, after I log in, the system's 
sound device (i.e., system speakers) is selected as the default output 
for Speech-Dispatcher and other audio.

Speech-Dispatcher is set up for PulseAudio, if I remember correctly.

Is there a way to configure Pipewire so that the USB device is treated 
as the default when connected?

I also attempted to load Wireplumber, but this resulted in no audio output.

Again, I know very well that I'm working with a rapidly developing 
project here.