From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from opera.rednote.net (opera.rednote.net [66.228.34.147]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72C2CC1A15B for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:18:52 -0500 (EST) Received: from sonata.rednote.net (sonata.rednote.net [IPv6:2001:470:8:4ef:216:d3ff:fecc:ec01]) by opera.rednote.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q112IkSg014779 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 1 Feb 2012 02:18:51 GMT X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.3 opera.rednote.net q112IkSg014779 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=rednote.net; s=default; t=1328062732; bh=e8lDUgwpBPfLhXsZtElyLbS3Lhp0zbZlA8MNvAvD/Hs=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:In-Reply-To; b=AQbKTNe1mY783GrwXc5FcGHyt47R+WJ0O2PbUsWgFZw+/DwFuRpve4+J77QnqqLZn pZkW580TgR1wydLd8I5qkYwnsq2cj1B0Xpy9DGsUYBZcQFtk6Vryi8AE5LX/BNhRCA 6UUvpvJTnSDm+fLu0LNxyVhJMBSbF8gEvkbxGpPw= Received: from sonata.rednote.net (sonata.rednote.net [127.0.0.1]) by sonata.rednote.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q112Iejm008797 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:18:42 -0500 Received: (from janina@localhost) by sonata.rednote.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q112IcBX008793 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:18:38 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: sonata.rednote.net: janina set sender to janina@rednote.net using -f Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:18:38 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Installing orca and making it play nice with Speakup Message-ID: <20120201021838.GA4664@sonata.rednote.net> References: <4F21CACF.3070900@tysdomain.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4F21CACF.3070900@tysdomain.com> X-Operating-System: Linux sonata.rednote.net 3.2.2-1.spk.fc16.x86_64 X-PGP-Key: http://rednote.net/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:18:52 -0000 Littlefield, Tyler writes: > First, I know there is a lot of trouble making speakup and orca work > together, for example with audio. If I understand this right, pulse > works through Alsa. Is there a way that Speakup could just be > designated to work with Alsa, or perhaps Espeakup could be modified > to work with Pulse, then everything could run happily through Pulse. > How have you all handled this in the past? > I do not use pulseaudio. I'll spare you the long rant as to why. Suffice it to say you don't need pulseaudio to use Orca. I do use two separate sound cards, one for Speakup and the other for Orca. It's unfortunate, but my other choices pretty much require this. With the latest Orca, for Gnome 3.2, there's no choice other than Speech Dispatcher for espeak TTS. I still use TTSynth for Speakup with the Speakup-Connector, though espeak works perfectly well with Speakup, of course. But, I just find it easier to keep both environments very separate. At $10 for a USB audio device (C-Media), this just isn't much of a burden. Janina -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net Chair, Open Accessibility janina@a11y.org Linux Foundation http://a11y.org Chair, Protocols & Formats Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/wai/pf World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)