From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from qmta15.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta15.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.59.228]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45CCDC1A2DD for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:36:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from omta09.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.20]) by qmta15.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id Bngg1f0020SCNGk5FochHR; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:36:41 +0000 Received: from blackbox.hittsjunk.net ([71.207.180.251]) by omta09.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id Bocg1f00l5RqcKK3VochSb; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:36:41 +0000 Received: from kenny by blackbox.hittsjunk.net with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1P0Cwi-00012l-2b for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:36:40 -0500 Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:36:40 -0500 From: Kenny Hitt To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Running Speakup on Ubuntu Lynx? Message-ID: <20100927123640.GA3476@hittsjunk.net> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: <1285439672.2512.4.camel@stormdragon-laptop> <4C9E4A71.80700@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 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 2010 12:36:41 -0000 Hi. That will only work if you don't do anything that starts pulseaudio. The default for pulseaudio opens the sound card and no other apps can use it at that point. In my opinion, pulseaudio is a badly behaved app with a developer who refuses to listen to the needs of blind users who use software speech. It should be avoided as much as possible. Ubuntu's decision to force pulseaudio on it's users is why I no longer run Ubuntu. Kenny On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 08:28:06AM -0400, Kirk Reiser wrote: > I can't really give any help for the pulse audio on system wide use > but one thing you might try is using espeakup with alsa directly > bypassing pulse audio. To do that you give --with-alsa on the > ./configure command line when configuring the package. Sometimes a > tweak is necessary in alsa.c for smooth output buffering but that can > be managed if it works better than the default set-up. > > Kirk > > > -- > Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility > e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario > phone: (519) 661-3061 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup