From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-iy0-f170.google.com (mail-iy0-f170.google.com [209.85.210.170]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id E61E3C1A15A for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:13:14 -0500 (EST) Received: by iyb12 with SMTP id 12so1462874iyb.29 for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:13:14 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.13.201 with SMTP id d9mr3363281iba.124.1298686392890; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:13:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from lnx3 (ip72-208-185-148.ph.ph.cox.net [72.208.185.148]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id gy41sm1349974ibb.5.2011.02.25.18.13.11 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:13:11 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:13:08 -0700 From: Steve Holmes To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: speech-dispatcher and espeak Message-ID: <20110226021308.GB1968@lnx3> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: <4D6427BD.1080108@gmail.com> <20110222223256.GB23691@lnx3> <4D6540DB.6090404@gmail.com> <20110223195321.GA1739@nextdog> <4D657762.9010305@gmail.com> <20110225064638.GA1254@lnx3> <4D67BE78.6040606@gmail.com> <20110225212217.GB32521@lnx3> <20110225215207.GA29551@hittsjunk.net> <20110226005106.GA4740@hittsjunk.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110226005106.GA4740@hittsjunk.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) 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: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 02:13:15 -0000 I believe there have been numerous patches, of which several improve stability. I have not had speech dispatcher crashes on my desktop system for some time now and I'm using the latest git version to do this. I did have some issues for a vew days on my laptop but after that, I got things straitened out on that 64 bit machine as well. This pulse audio stuff just seems so unstable and unpredictable to me. I like it in gnome where I can manage separate volume levels for different applications at the same time and I seem to be able to hear some more windows type sound icons but that distortion and static is too much for me to bare. I'm tempted to leave speech-dispatcher to use alsa and let pulse run for gnome and other things that aren't affected by it. On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 06:51:06PM -0600, Kenny Hitt wrote: > Resending from the correct address. > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 03:52:07PM -0600, Kenny Hitt wrote: > > Hi Do you know if there has been any fixes for the speech-dispatcher alsa output since 0.7 was released? > > The 0.7 version crashes if I use alsa and pulseaudio isn't an option here since it locks my sound card. > > I still depend on espeakup for speech output in the console. Fortunately, Debian still has the espeak gnome-speech driver. > > That's my current solution, but the upgrade to gnome 3.0 will likely end support for gnome-speech, so I need to get a working speech-dispatcher. > > > > Kenny > > . > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 02:22:17PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > > > More saga on pulse audio here. I started messing with default sample > > > rate and at one point, I had really good sound from mplayer playing > > > music but as soon as I started speech-dispatcher, then it all went to > > > hell again. In fact, the music playing through mplayer even got > > > distorted. As soon as I killed pulse and restarted it again, then it > > > sounded good again. Speech-dispatcher keeps screwing it up. At one > > > point, I had pretty decent sound coming out of gnome along with Orca > > > using speech dispatcher but now I can't seem to get pulse back right > > > again. I can't believe how volital pulse audio is. No wonder so many > > > people have so much trouble with it. It may be very complicated for > > > anyone who is simply trying to use it. I thought alsa was bad at one > > > time but pulse really cuts the cake. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup