From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-qw0-f42.google.com (mail-qw0-f42.google.com [209.85.216.42]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2344C1A0B4 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:18:06 -0500 (EST) Received: by qwd6 with SMTP id 6so1861599qwd.29 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:18:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=DyG0r7kcK2kfRyEjFf9jr91aQuLmw4qAsrD75Aqnf2g=; b=I2g3iCUWJtzT23Pp8HMbRE8q9hUrCjgilMEVmLpyA9g6QtK+f7odO6E95C6+lzBa6A rvCLK8b4iUw6Hjf53T+rW0eMRqXmFavIXXBCR91JbDfn/xiZB/L0l7wwkaRifQjlMBLP 9AkmxpEQvaT3VPT/7PCCnSjR11KMoNcqcRGKg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=IAC4JQSmjSPxPdt55kVBbQt+ds/detG1HVCOrzdEO/Eq0hVB60Z0IfHEVk6hYuI6yg URP9j7Euf4dvQfk+hoJ/O2YQCA/WYhBuDfA6+1sxin2ma8fBIp9o6ET3Jv5krQogMR6Y PXHo4IDq5aT6c+5eVoub/ROMZUAK/hdJlL8sQ= Received: by 10.229.223.195 with SMTP id il3mr2038981qcb.278.1298387886203; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:18:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.2.5] ([71.23.64.127]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id nb15sm4659203qcb.14.2011.02.22.07.18.04 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:18:05 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D63D3AC.9030400@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:18:04 -0500 From: Kyle User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101230 Lanikai/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: speech-dispatcher and espeak References: <20110220220156.GA8068@nextdog> <87r5b029nn.fsf@the-brannons.com> In-Reply-To: <87r5b029nn.fsf@the-brannons.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:18:06 -0000 On 02/21/2011 07:30 PM, Christopher Brannon wrote: > Christopher Moore writes: > >> I'm trying to setup speech-dispatcher with spd-conf as a normal user. >> When I run the diagnostic tests, espeak, alsa and pulse respond. >> When I save the settings and try an spd-say, I get the message >> from the dummy voice. The log says it can't load the output module, > Hello, > I assume you're still using ArchLinux. Turns out that the > speech-dispatcher package in [extra] is broken. Well, not completely. > The problem is that it doesn't depend on pulseaudio, even though the > default configuration sets the audio output method to pulse. > A quick fix is to edit > ~/.speech-dispatcher/conf/speechd.conf. > Find the line containing AudioOutputMethod, and change pulse to alsa. > I'll file a bug on the ArchLinux bug tracker later. > > -- Chris > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup As a new convert to Arch, I can also add that speech-dispatcher will only work properly if you are in the group "audio." I wasn't a member of audio in Ubuntu, and Sox works in Arch without the audio group, but user mode speech-dispatcher does not. ~Kyle