From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from linserver.romuald.net.eu.org ([63.228.150.209]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1F4q70-0001CV-00 for ; Thu, 02 Feb 2006 20:51:47 -0500 Received: (qmail 20753 invoked by uid 1000); 2 Feb 2006 18:51:15 -0700 Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 18:51:15 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Speech-dispatcher taking up my sound card Message-ID: <20060203015115.GA20720@localhost.localdomain> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 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, 03 Feb 2006 01:51:47 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I haven't used speech dispatcher for a while, but I'd recommend switching to alsa, and using dmix if you're hardware isn't multichannel. Greg On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 12:44:51AM +0000, mikster4@msn.com wrote: > Hello, > I am using speech-dispatcher 0.6 for software output, with festival using > ALSA. When ever I try and use any software that is using OSS for sound, it > always complains that the sound card is busy. If I set speech-dispatcher to > use OSS it stops anything else from using the sound card. This is so even > when no speech is being produced (e.g. when I have silenced speakup). I > don't remember this was so in speech-dispatcher 0.5, is there a setting I > have not noticed in 0.6, or will my answer be to go back to 0.5? > From > Michael Whapples > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD4rcT7s9z/XlyUyARAhTgAJ9oSgQ98tpNm+2/fSQvDYj33PFfGACgmfLq OiWvjmqFxuUHf6WMiBzr9i0= =Uz8O -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----