debian update killed speakup

debian update killed speakup

[Georgina Joyce]

Hello,

I am at a loss to why debian update should kill speakup. The soft synth module is still loading on boot. I think I tried restarting the service with systemctl but not too sure of having the right syntax but it stated speakup was already running. I recall someone mentioning a symlink that had been removed but have no idea what is meant to be linked to what. Speakup was installed using espeakup. I have a desktop installed and using pipewire. I suspect that pipewire was probably the culprit but no proof.

How do I troubleshoot or even better restore speakup in the console?

Thanks,

Gena
 

Re: debian update killed speakup

[K0LNY ??]

Hi Georgina,
Try to remove pulseaudio
sudo apt remove pulseaudio
That has fixed problems for me.
Also, with spd-conf
I type in alsa over pulseaudio.
Glenn

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Georgina Joyce" <gena@m0ebp.uk>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
<speakup@linux-speakup.org>
Sent: Monday, July 7, 2025 2:29 PM
Subject: debian update killed speakup


Hello,

I am at a loss to why debian update should kill speakup. The soft synth 
module is still loading on boot. I think I tried restarting the service with 
systemctl but not too sure of having the right syntax but it stated speakup 
was already running. I recall someone mentioning a symlink that had been 
removed but have no idea what is meant to be linked to what. Speakup was 
installed using espeakup. I have a desktop installed and using pipewire. I 
suspect that pipewire was probably the culprit but no proof.

How do I troubleshoot or even better restore speakup in the console?

Thanks,

Gena

Re: debian update killed speakup

[Chime Hart]

Well Georgina, while I cannot comment about simlinks, here's what I would try. 
Run a "ps -A" look through all those processes, kill any which have to do with 
speech. Then type "sudo speechd-up" That has worked for me in the past.
Chime

Re: debian update killed speakup

[Gregory Nowak]

1. I assume you've already done a reboot, but still don't have speech
from speakup/espeakup when the machine boots, yes?

2. If you don't have a need for pipewire/pulseaudio, I would suggest
purging both. If you purge pulseaudio, you need to set

AudioOutputMethod "libao"

in /etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf to continue to have speech in
the GUI through orca.

3. What does

espeak-ng hello

give you? If it says "hello," espeak is working, which means you
should be getting speech from espeakup.

4. I assume audio from other sources works fine?

Greg


On Mon, Jul 07, 2025 at 08:29:22PM +0100, Georgina Joyce wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am at a loss to why debian update should kill speakup. The soft synth module is still loading on boot. I think I tried restarting the service with systemctl but not too sure of having the right syntax but it stated speakup was already running. I recall someone mentioning a symlink that had been removed but have no idea what is meant to be linked to what. Speakup was installed using espeakup. I have a desktop installed and using pipewire. I suspect that pipewire was probably the culprit but no proof.
> 
> How do I troubleshoot or even better restore speakup in the console?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Gena
>  

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