From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id B9E391F0E00; Thu, 6 Apr 2017 12:47:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from opera.rednote.net (opera.rednote.net [IPv6:2600:3c03::f03c:91ff:fe70:e783]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 270EA1F0DFC for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2017 12:47:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from opera.rednote.net (localhost [IPv6:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1]) by opera.rednote.net (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id v36GlU1W022331 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2017 16:47:31 GMT DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 opera.rednote.net v36GlU1W022331 Authentication-Results: opera.rednote.net; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=rednote.net Authentication-Results: opera.rednote.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=janina@rednote.net DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 opera.rednote.net v36GlU1W022331 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=rednote.net; s=default; t=1491497251; bh=OjywP51bCWBIqgDHpmDVmU7BYttoaOqDht9zCpGH/PQ=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=XeFZ/eRKYM55NBLLuCX4val8TqbAAOBHmV8Qvq/Lg1bl+LmtUih5b36/hJN0POJZP cZGleaA1/jcroB5rAH6SnStJSwER51M4Km796/tfYP/wDn/ojsxGyATyPbu3gnbjVF pa055lx2fhntaYxcJj7MEIVRkQzAJ77t+JJ2udEE= Received: (from janina@localhost) by opera.rednote.net (8.15.2/8.14.6/Submit) id v36GlKrp022301 for speakup@linux-speakup.org; Thu, 6 Apr 2017 12:47:20 -0400 Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2017 12:47:20 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: bluetooth query Message-ID: <20170406164720.GA10625@opera.rednote.net> References: <87tw63hirp.fsf@the-brannons.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87tw63hirp.fsf@the-brannons.com> X-Operating-System: Linux opera.rednote.net 4.8.15-300.fc25.x86_64 X-PGP-Key: http://rednote.net/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.1 (2016-10-04) X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2017 16:47:41 -0000 I'm all for security, but only within reason. I've yet to hear a reasonable use case that explains why system wide pulseaudio is insecure. The only use case I've ever come across from the pulse people, and I have pushed on this quite hard from time to time, says that you don't want to enable someone to surreptitiously enable a colleague, or a spouse's microphone. In other words, the pulse people don't want to be associated with corporate or matrimonial spying. So, those interested in spying of this type will have to continue to focus on Alexa, or iphone, or Android, I suppose! What a pile of . Janina Chris Brannon writes: > Yes, you can run Speakup through a bluetooth headset. As I said earlier > in the thread, bluez-alsa is a dead-end. I finally had to make my peace > with pulseaudio over the last couple days. In order to use it with one > of the Speakup softsynth options, you must run pulse in system mode. > The pulse developers strongly discourage this. One of their biggest > reasons is security concerns in a multiuser setup. Frankly, I could > care less, because the machines in my house are just used by me or my > partner. It's not like we're in a corporate environment. Getting pulse > to run in system mode took a bit of work. Since it is so frowned upon, > the documentation for doing it is pretty minimal. And my distro didn't > seem to have many helpful resources. Tomorrow, when I'm thinking more > clearly, I'll try and document all of the steps I took to get it to > work. > > So to all of the people (including me) who said that speakup / espeakup > don't play nicely together, that's only partially correct. If you're > willing to run in system mode and go against the recommendations of the > pulse people, they play quite nicely together indeed. > > -- Chris > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net Email: janina@rednote.net Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa