From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 954EA1C439E; Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:53:21 -0400 (EDT) Authentication-Results: befuddled.reisers.ca; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=rednote.net header.i=@rednote.net header.b="FrIikfeM"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from opera.rednote.net (opera.rednote.net [IPv6:2600:3c03::f03c:91ff:fe70:e783]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0CB2D1C42C5 for ; Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:53:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 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 x3BErHAX006457 for ; Thu, 11 Apr 2019 14:53:18 GMT DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 opera.rednote.net x3BErHAX006457 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 x3BErHAX006457 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=rednote.net; s=default; t=1554994398; bh=GDgIJLVzBDAP+YInR3zMab5cI/kPS5WnzcUlmJ0sd3Q=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=FrIikfeMZYZdk2re7ewzCSWaRqD9it08xS8NOGfDN4UhNXY0ccn8cF1vyxG9T2xUY dxCBrrTCU0TWBSKOiSLHdqR6waM+ZBYnw3N36tj1aMii8DIbDriUBiI2qd6LWsCuSv zAOjahraZhZL0DkAEAn7RXnYw17P/90HCGMkA1+c= Received: (from janina@localhost) by rednote.net (8.15.2/8.14.6/Submit) id x3BErH7G006456 for speakup@linux-speakup.org; Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:53:17 -0400 Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:53:17 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Speech-friendly alsa mixer (sam) released, testers needed Message-ID: <20190411145317.GC2411@rednote.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: Linux opera.rednote.net 5.0.5-200.fc29.x86_64 User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.3 (2019-02-01) X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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, 11 Apr 2019 14:53:21 -0000 Hi, Willem: This looks really cool. It's going to take me a little time to get it put together as I have some commitments the next couple days that will take time. But, I wanted to acknowledge your email right away. I will definitely follow through on this. This sounds like a really useful tool. And, you're correct that I have a handful of devices handy! Best, Janina Willem van der Walt writes: > So Janina, on Saturday I started writing the tool you are asking about > below. It works fine on the two machines I have tested on, but obviously, > it is new code which needs more testing. > Grab it from http://www.sanote.co.za/downloads/sam-latest.tar.bz2 > Extract: tar jxvf sam-latest.tar.bz2 > cd sam > and read the README.md for more details. > > Janina, I hope you can give it a spin as you are the person with the most > sound devices in one machine I know about. > I am no expert on alsa, so do not expect too much. > Feedback is welcome. > Kind regards, Willem > > > On Fri, 5 Apr 2019, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > [The e-mail server of the sender could not be verified (SPF Record)] > > > > Hi, Glenn: > > > > I'm not aware of a way to manage "all" through a single command. Maybe > > someone has written a tool like that. Part of the problem is that each > > sound card is different, providing more or fewer interface options. And, > > if you have more than one card, like I do, things get even more complex. > > > > Here's how to enumerate the cards you have: > > aplay -l > > > > Now, for each individual card, where x stands for the card number, you can query available controls like so: > > > > amixer -Cx controls > > > > You'l find some cards have lots of controls, and others very few. If > > you're looking only for volume, grep is your friend like so by way of > > example: > > > > amixer -c2 controls |grep -i volume > > > > Of course, if you have but one card, you don't need the -c switch. > > > > Now, to get the current setting for any control, again where x > > identifies the card, and y identifies the numeric id you discovered with > > the grep above, do like so: > > > > amixer -cx cget numid=y > > > > > > Lastly, to set the volume: > > > > amixer -cx cset numid=y [value] > > > > hth > > > > Janina > > > > Glenn At Home writes: > > > Hi, > > > I'm reading the amixer manpage and I'm unclear on how to set the volume output to 100%. > > > Is there a simple command to make sure that all is unmuted and at 100%? > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > Sent From My Tabletop > > > N0YJV shade tree computer guy > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka > > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka 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