From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.188]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HuwPG-0006k8-00 for ; Sun, 03 Jun 2007 16:10:30 -0400 Received: from [87.165.184.110] (helo=localhost) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu8) with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0ML31I-1HuwOi3Ikw-00043W; Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:09:59 +0200 Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 22:09:59 +0200 From: Hermann To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: speech-dispatcher rate and volume settings for espeak 1.25 Message-ID: <20070603200959.GA21564@ubuntu> References: <20070603192455.GA24783@linux1> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070603192455.GA24783@linux1> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18SMKbzIUNaZXq/WqNY8Nmz6hJr6qlsLmm91pr nU+drBAg4+NME/MG6JRfKisIBoX3FU441YfTgttpFVKDUJR2NE 5JvgwgjloPRyY+DAqEy9w== 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: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:10:30 -0000 Hi William, I have the same settings, and my synth is very loud. Perhaps a silly question, but did you restart Speech-dispatcher after changing the settings? You can try adjusting the system volume by using aumix; is it installed on your machine? If so, try: aumix -v100 -w100 If you are satisfied with the volume type: aumix -S Hermann