From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 74DE91EF7B8; Mon, 2 Dec 2013 10:44:39 -0500 (EST) Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu (mta1.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.23]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C6001EF7B3 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2013 10:44:33 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mta1.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1194187E005; Mon, 2 Dec 2013 09:44:19 -0600 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mta1.math.wisc.edu Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (charlie.math.wisc.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 5f6-MIYQZORR; Mon, 2 Dec 2013 09:44:18 -0600 (CST) Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mta1.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5619887E001; Mon, 2 Dec 2013 09:44:18 -0600 (CST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on charlie.math.wisc.edu X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.0 required=6.5 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_50 autolearn=disabled version=3.3.1 Received: from mailhost.math.wisc.edu (erdos.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.25]) by mta1.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP; Mon, 2 Dec 2013 09:44:18 -0600 (CST) Received: from [144.92.166.19] (vv507j.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.19]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailhost.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5105DC0006D; Mon, 2 Dec 2013 09:44:18 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <529CAAD2.2030408@math.wisc.edu> Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 09:44:18 -0600 From: "John G. Heim" Organization: University of Wisconsin-Madison User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130307 Thunderbird/17.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: speakup, audio solutions References: <20131127180838.GA17359@redstar> <20131201005215.GD7707@concerto.rednote.net> <20131201021959.GA10598@Enterprise> <20131201043844.GH7707@concerto.rednote.net> In-Reply-To: <20131201043844.GH7707@concerto.rednote.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 Cc: Janina Sajka X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.16 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: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 15:44:39 -0000 I'm no expert in this area but don't you guys worry that you are trying to hold back the ocean with a teaspoon? You can't fight the march of technology. If pulse is the wave of the future, I would tend to want to get started working with it rather than tossing it aside. I just started working with sonar linux last week. I put it on my backup desktop at work. In my limited testing up to this point, it seems to be rock solid. I plan to continue trying it on my backup workstation at work and on my machine at home for a few more days before converting the machine I use to earn my bread and beer. I can understand an attitude of saying that you need to postpone an upgrade because the technology just isn't there yet. That's why I'm typing this message on a machine still running debian squeeze. But as soon as I am sure I can switch to a newer distro that works, I'm doing it. On 11/30/13 22:38, Janina Sajka wrote: > Yes, screen rocks! > > I do keep the gui, mainly for firefox even though it requires that I use > a second audio device. > > Everything else is tty's and screen terminals. About half of my tty's > launch subject specific screen sessions with multiple terminals. In all > of those, I have aliases for mplayer to talk to several additional audio > devices, or ecaplay, or aplay. All works like a charm. > > Janina > > Doug Smith writes: >> >> >> I really have quit a bit to say here. I have also terminated pulse with extreme prejudice on this system. I have also terminated the entire >> graphical user interface with the same finality. I am using debian testing without the desktop on it. >> >> The way it works is that, when you use the text-based installer to install the system, it uses alsa for the sound. I have speakup system wide and I >> have a fully functioning sound system on here that performs perfectly. I can use multiple audio sources, and I have nothing to worry about because I >> do not have to, if I do not want to, switch between consoles. Where it works well, I just use screen and there is no problem for me to play my >> descriptive movie, program and whatever else all at once. >> >> >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Doug Smith: Special Agent >> S.W.A.T Spiritual Warfare and Advanced Technology >> Forever serving our LORD and SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@linux-speakup.org >> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- --- John G. Heim, 608-263-4189, jheim@math.wisc.edu