From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-qy0-f177.google.com (mail-qy0-f177.google.com [209.85.216.177]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11690C1A321 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:16:06 -0500 (EST) Received: by qyl38 with SMTP id 38so2991143qyl.8 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:16:05 -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=qIKVK6nYnb5CXfkBWiNFLUyZXQtkx0wDHKDMWY8r+AQ=; b=XP6+WKiJvAKUqft1ZIMC1ZazAU2UQJQayfHyn3TfiDlYpo5QIBJVf0kSiL2msvMmvU SF44EVGIO8cd1BmPzt3NzvUuuiycuOuLtSAdZ7VfuMlvVfAMFzKdo/TT2kQ+oZhisSKE QhsCl9fbPNj0f3A7X7EKmtxRZ0vRBc8JvqvqY= 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=ZYCAK7uPbEuh6jZCJGGFlacabyRXg79chKIwp+cChtFD7grSxNi60A/J42TBLlNXKT FoIDYmPCnfdFPAIBF+wL1BQHO1f0ggHkOArtKaQ01H3tl30a9G5nEJtNEaHhSMN3X3yD Hvkf6to1oYGXXrsrWT+QI1xRf4HBUSIx8RdOk= Received: by 10.224.45.130 with SMTP id e2mr3678291qaf.22.1298481365541; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:16:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.2.5] ([71.23.64.127]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id nb15sm5616914qcb.26.2011.02.23.09.16.03 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:16:04 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D6540DB.6090404@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:16:11 -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> <4D63D3AC.9030400@gmail.com> <87mxlo11up.fsf@the-brannons.com> <20110222173712.GC19605@lnx3> <4D63FAB4.90200@gmail.com> <20110222192254.GA17645@nextdog> <4D6419D1.2080001@gmail.com> <4D6427BD.1080108@gmail.com> <20110222223256.GB23691@lnx3> In-Reply-To: <20110222223256.GB23691@lnx3> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; 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: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:16:06 -0000 I seem to have gotten pulseaudio working without any problems. I just installed pulseaudio and changed /etc/pulse/daemon.conf to get rid of the distortion. Here's the values I changed, which I read on the Arch forum somewhere: default-sample-method=src-sinc-best-quality And you'll need to uncomment this one: default-fragments = 5 The original value was 4, but the post said to change it to 5, and I'm having no trouble with it at this point. I see no reason now to still be paranoid about installing pulseaudio. It's becoming the default in more and more distros, and it's good to report any bugs that come up. That being said, this is the reason why I have come to love Arch. It has no default system, so it's possible to make choices based on personal preference rather than having choices made by distro X that may not fit individual needs.