From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp5.oregonstate.edu ([128.193.15.33]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1JrvBd-0002fW-00 for ; Fri, 02 May 2008 09:20:29 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp5.oregonstate.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28DF84103AB for ; Fri, 2 May 2008 06:19:58 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at oregonstate.edu Received: from smtp5.oregonstate.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.oregonstate.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id G5VqC2Oapiv1 for ; Fri, 2 May 2008 06:19:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ZKMOBILE (128-193-247-224.resnet.oregonstate.edu [128.193.247.224]) by smtp5.oregonstate.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id E804C4103AA for ; Fri, 2 May 2008 06:19:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <000601c8ac57$330e0c30$e0f7c180@ZKMOBILE> From: "Zachary Kline" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Speech-dispatcher now working, sort of Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 06:19:49 -0700 Organization: Oregon State University MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080502-0, 05/02/2008), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 13:20:29 -0000 Hi, Thanks to the suggestion posted on here, I managed to find the problem and fix it. It was a small typo in a configuration file which I didn't know about. Now, Speech-dispatcher works, more or less. The problem is with Espeak. The speech is rather choppy, for lack of a better word, at least when I try to use it with the speakup_soft module. It seems as if the first few microseconds of short phrases are being cut off, making them impossible to hear. Longer phrases are understandable after a few seconds, but they, too, initially are cut off. I'm not really sure how else to describe it. I have heard on other lists I'm on about problems related to Alsa 1.0.16. I wonder if anybody's found a workaround for them yet? Thanks much, Zack.