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 1Jrz53-0007vC-00 for ; Fri, 02 May 2008 13:29:57 -0400 Received: (qmail 11706 invoked by uid 1000); 2 May 2008 10:29:26 -0700 Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 10:29:25 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Speech-dispatcher now working, sort of Message-ID: <20080502172925.GA11597@localhost.localdomain> References: <000601c8ac57$330e0c30$e0f7c180@ZKMOBILE> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000601c8ac57$330e0c30$e0f7c180@ZKMOBILE> X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) 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 17:29:58 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yeah, this is an issue with either the alsa libs or utils, don't remember which, 1.0.6. I described this a while back on this list, and was advised by Chuck Hallenbeck to downgrade to 1.0.15. A while after that, chuck posted that the newest debian alsa packages fixed this on his system after the latest upgrade, and I found that to be true myself after I upgraded. I'd suggest getting the very latest version of alsa libs/utils/drivers, and I think you'll find the problem will go away. Greg On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 06:19:49AM -0700, Zachary Kline wrote: > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIG0917s9z/XlyUyARAr4XAKCziaMB6L/wbAHgW4+SiP9jHNsWHQCgoIFW +57aC77jBnnC7yoP8wiGkBw= =IgxA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----