The Sound issue of SpeakUp with Ubuntu 10.04 (lusid)

The Sound issue of SpeakUp with Ubuntu 10.04 (lusid)

[Janitha Rukmal]

  Hi all,
I installed Ubuntu  V10.04 on my Linux box and found out Orca to be 
pretty nice on Gnome inthis new addition. So I wish to use it too. But 
the problem occurred when I pulled Speakup from git and set it up on my 
machine. Now Orca comes up but doesn't speak. I wonder whether it's 
still that pulseaudio issue or something else.
Anyway I'm not a Linux expert and so hope somebody would help me out in 
this matter.
I googled for a solution but didn't find one yet. I have to also mention 
that I don't have a hardware synth and I prefer the default softsynth 
for the moment cause I can't afford to buy a hardware synth pretty soon.
It would be great if somebody could suggest a solution that enables me 
to use the soft synth for both screenReaders.

Thanks in advance
-- 
Best regards
Janitha Rukmal

Re: The Sound issue of SpeakUp with Ubuntu 10.04 (lusid)

[Sean Murphy]

Hi

does speakup work on a 64 bit Linux distro? What distro is best for Vi's 
using Speakup and 64 bit?

Sean

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janitha Rukmal" <janitharukmal@gmail.com>
To: <Speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 1:59 AM
Subject: The Sound issue of SpeakUp with Ubuntu 10.04 (lusid)


>  Hi all,
> I installed Ubuntu  V10.04 on my Linux box and found out Orca to be pretty 
> nice on Gnome inthis new addition. So I wish to use it too. But the 
> problem occurred when I pulled Speakup from git and set it up on my 
> machine. Now Orca comes up but doesn't speak. I wonder whether it's still 
> that pulseaudio issue or something else.
> Anyway I'm not a Linux expert and so hope somebody would help me out in 
> this matter.
> I googled for a solution but didn't find one yet. I have to also mention 
> that I don't have a hardware synth and I prefer the default softsynth for 
> the moment cause I can't afford to buy a hardware synth pretty soon.
> It would be great if somebody could suggest a solution that enables me to 
> use the soft synth for both screenReaders.
>
> Thanks in advance
> -- 
> Best regards
> Janitha Rukmal
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 

Re: The Sound issue of SpeakUp with Ubuntu 10.04 (lusid)

[Pia]

I am using Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx 64bit and it talks great.  You might 
have to use alsamixer and alsactl to get the sound where you want it, but 
I am using espeak and espeakup rather than speech-dispatcher.  I find way 
less problems, ie more stability, faster response and more efficiency with 
espeakup than with speech-dispatcher.  It makes my machine feel way 
faster.  Just a hint in case this helps or has to do with the problem.

HTH,

Pia

On Sat, 24 Jul 2010, Sean Murphy wrote:

> Hi
>
> does speakup work on a 64 bit Linux distro? What distro is best for Vi's 
> using Speakup and 64 bit?
>
> Sean
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janitha Rukmal" <janitharukmal@gmail.com>
> To: <Speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 1:59 AM
> Subject: The Sound issue of SpeakUp with Ubuntu 10.04 (lusid)
>
>
>>  Hi all,
>> I installed Ubuntu  V10.04 on my Linux box and found out Orca to be pretty 
>> nice on Gnome inthis new addition. So I wish to use it too. But the problem 
>> occurred when I pulled Speakup from git and set it up on my machine. Now 
>> Orca comes up but doesn't speak. I wonder whether it's still that 
>> pulseaudio issue or something else.
>> Anyway I'm not a Linux expert and so hope somebody would help me out in 
>> this matter.
>> I googled for a solution but didn't find one yet. I have to also mention 
>> that I don't have a hardware synth and I prefer the default softsynth for 
>> the moment cause I can't afford to buy a hardware synth pretty soon.
>> It would be great if somebody could suggest a solution that enables me to 
>> use the soft synth for both screenReaders.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance
>> -- 
>> Best regards
>> Janitha Rukmal
>> _______________________________________________
>> Speakup mailing list
>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>> 
>
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