From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from bay0-omc1-s22.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.94]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HJr9N-0004lc-00 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:04:49 -0500 Received: from hotmail.com ([65.54.174.75]) by bay0-omc1-s22.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:04:18 -0800 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:04:18 -0800 Message-ID: Received: from 80.1.72.245 by BAY103-DAV3.phx.gbl with DAV; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:04:17 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [80.1.72.245] X-Originating-Email: [mikster4@msn.com] X-Sender: mikster4@msn.com Subject: Orca speech-dispatcher back-end, was Re: Espeak, gnome-speech and alsa From: Michael Whapples To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <1172062801.7187.32.camel@layla> References: <45D98C00.7080203@brailcom.org> <45D9E8C7.1080600@brailcom.org> <1172062801.7187.32.camel@layla> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:03:57 +0000 Message-Id: <1172063037.7187.34.camel@layla> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Feb 2007 13:04:18.0390 (UTC) FILETIME=[CBBDB760:01C755B8] X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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, 21 Feb 2007 13:04:49 -0000 I am slightly unsure exactly myself what the problems were (as I said it > was sometime ago so can't remember fully), I just remember that at the > time the gnome-speech speech-dispatcher driver worked better (on my > computers it didn't seem to have any noticable lag that way, compared > with the orca speech-dispatcher back-end). > > I will see sometime soon if I still get the problems I was having with > the orca speech-dispatcher back-end, unless it is going to be added to > orca within a couple of weeks (as that will help when updating orca as > it won't need to be added everytime I update). > > From > Michael Whapples > On Mon, 2007-02-19 at 19:13 +0100, Tomas Cerha wrote: > > Michael Whapples wrote: > > > Some time ago, I did try the speech-dispatcher back-end for orca, but didn't > > > continue to use it as I remember that there were some issues with it knowing > > > when the speech had finished and sometimes missing parts of speech. > > > > Any more details on this would be greatly appreciated. Part of it might > > have already been solved, since the backend now supports speech progress > > notifications. Anyway, I'm not sure I understand what you mean. Could > > you please give an example for each problem? Thank you very much for > > your answer. > > > > > Also whenever I do an update I would need to re-apply the back-end > > > > This will change soon, since the Speech Dispatcher backend will be > > included in Orca (in a few weeks). > > > > Best regards, Tomas. > > > >