From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-084.wdc2.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.84] helo=concerto.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CC0JL-0003uk-00 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 14:33:19 -0400 Received: from concerto.rednote.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by concerto.rednote.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i8RIWU1a018806 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 14:32:30 -0400 Received: (from janina@localhost) by concerto.rednote.net (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i8RIWUxs018805 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 14:32:30 -0400 Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 14:32:30 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20040927183230.GO7958@rednote.net> References: <20040927013912.GA2686@luke-laptop.yelavich.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040927013912.GA2686@luke-laptop.yelavich.home> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: Linux concerto.rednote.net 2.6.8-1.541.root Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html Subject: Re: ALSA, Software DECtalk and asoundrc. X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:33:19 -0000 Isn't dmix for oss? Am I wrong? PS: I have the ability to play multiple sound objects at the same time, but have not tried any of the soft speech recntly. I was having dificulty with exactly this issue using Flite last summer with my laptop. Luke Yelavich writes: > Hi all. > I am wondering whether anybody has managed to get a deacent set up with DECtalk > software, ALSA, and the dmix plugin via asoundrc, to allow other apps to play > sound as well as your speech synth? I took an example asoundrc from the ALSA > wiki, put it in place, and made entries to allow the alsa-oss library to be > available from login, however it doesn't seem to be satisfactory. > > If anybody is interested in what I did, please let me know and I will send you > the relevant information. > > Luke > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040