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[209.169.193.44]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id jn12sm74200215pbd.37.2013.12.01.05.38.10 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 01 Dec 2013 05:38:11 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: From: "Rob Hudson" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20131127180838.GA17359@redstar> <20131201005215.GD7707@concerto.rednote.net> <20131201120036.GA9288@redstar> Subject: Re: speakup, audio solutions Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2013 07:38:24 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5843 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 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: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 13:38:39 -0000 If you have gnome or a variant installed, my understanding is that you can't remove pulse audio without breaking stuff. If you install XFCE desktop, I'm told you can avoid installing pulse along with it. I haven't tried this yet though. I understand XFCE is only minimally accessible. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alonzo cuellar" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 6:00 AM Subject: Re: speakup, audio solutions >I understand. I never really figured out how to get rid of pulse audio on > fedora systems. I've always configured to use my arch installation with > alsa. I've not had a need for a second audio device. Though I do believe > if > your doing some type of recording... A second audio device might be > needed. > I think i read a few postings on how to disable pulse audio on Fedora a > while back. Which included touching > /usr/bin/pulseaudio > and removing pulseaudio and the pulse audio alsa plugins. > This is probably not the right way to do it though. I to rely on speakup > and haven't found a way to disable pulseaudio when installing fedora. > When I tried disabling pulse audio this way system audio would break and I > would not have speach. > Now if you have to configure aound.conf in /etc... I did not do so since I > only have one sound card on this system. > On my currently arch installation I have an .asoundrc file to have the > proper mic use for voice calls. > Any suggestions would be appreciated and perhaps I'll give fedora a try > once again. > > Alonzo > > > On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 07:52:16PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: >> Pulseaudio doesn't work for me because I rely on Speakup pretty >> thoroughly. I have several issues with it including very choppy speech >> and stupid behavior over audio stopping play when I move out of the tty >> where I invoked the audio. >> >> I am about to go file an RFE with pulse to ask for an easy way to >> configure pulse to leave any particular audio device alone. I know one >> can terminate pulse on a per app basis, but that's too cumbersome, imo. >> And, I think there should be something easier than writing a custom udev >> rule to accomplish excluding some particular audio device from pulse. >> >> Janina >> >> Alonzo cuellar writes: >> > Hello, >> > >> > This is just a question I have. For those using systems like fefora, >> > debian, ubuntu, etc? How do you use speakup? >> > I know pulse audio has problems with system-wide audio. So what are >> > people >> > doing these days? I can see maybe taking a seperate audio device, but >> > is >> > there other work arounds? >> > This protains to those who use pulseaudio on their systems. It wa just >> > something to ask the list since I'm sure many people face different >> > situations with their setups. >> > >> > Alonzo >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Speakup mailing list >> > Speakup@linux-speakup.org >> > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> -- >> >> Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 >> sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net >> Email: janina@rednote.net >> >> Linux Foundation Fellow >> Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org >> >> The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) >> Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf >> Indie UI http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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