Re: [orca-list] Fedora 34 - After installed to ssd: no speech by orca

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

I can only speculate that it has something to do with the recent move
toward the use of pipewire.

What I have noticed is two alsa packages I've not previously seen
getting fairly frequent updates recently, namely:

alsa-topology
alsa-ucm-conf

Also the alsa-card-profiles package appears to have been frequently updated in recent weeks.

I regret I don't know more. Perhaps someone else may enlighten us?

Janina

Orca screen reader developers writes:
> How on earth did alsa break like that. Do we know?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Janina Sajka via orca-list <orca-list gnome org>
> To: Andy Borka <sonfire11 gmail com>
> Cc: orca-list gnome org
> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 07:47:24 -0400
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] Fedora 34 - After installed to ssd: no speech by orca
>
> > Take a look, if you can, at the versions you have for alsa-lib and
> > alsa-utils.
> >
> > If version 1.2.5, you may want to try downversioning to 1.2.4.
> >
> > While I didn't notice 1.2.5 breaking speech-dispatcher, it's reported to
> > break espeakup and I can personally confirm that.
> >
> > Additionally, alsa-utils has broken at least one app, amixer. And, it's
> > setting volumes to 0 and the true/false flag on some devices to false.
> > This last will clearly keep one from hearing sound.
> >
> > So, I don't know specifically about Fedora. I can personally confirm the
> > above with Arch as of this past weekend.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Janina
> >
> > Orca screen reader developers writes:
> > > It is a bug. Use fedora mate 34. Be careful though, speech might be
> > > permanently disabled after you restart. I haven't figured out if it is my
> > > G14 causing the problem, or a design bug somewhere in fedora.
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: orca-list <orca-list-bounces gnome org> On Behalf Of Daniel McGee via
> > > orca-list
> > > Sent: Monday, June 14, 2021 2:28 PM
> > > To: Orca-list <orca-list gnome org>
> > > Subject: [orca-list] Fedora 34 - After installed to ssd: no speech by orca
> > >
> > > Hey all
> > >
> > > So wanted to give Fedora V34 work station addition a try. 
> > > After installing it to the computer, I was unable to get orca up and running
> > > to complete the setup process.
> > >
> > > Is this a bug with the 34 work station version? 
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> > -- 
> >
> > Janina Sajka
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> >
> > Linux Foundation Fellow
> > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:   http://a11y.org
> >
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-- 

Janina Sajka
https://linkedin.com/in/jsajka

Linux Foundation Fellow
Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:       http://a11y.org

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Co-Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures     http://www.w3.org/wai/apa