There is. The missing link, at least in the cases I'm dealing with, Christopher, is the inability to install speechd-up. Many seem to think there isn't a version that'll work with arch based distros. So far, they seem to be correct, because I haven't seen an install for it. Mark Peveto Registered Linux user number 600552 Sent from vinux using alpine 2.20.13 On Fri, 3 Jun 2016, Christopher Chaltain wrote: > I'm not sure I'd say Pulse is not compatible with SpeakUp. I use Pulse and > SpeakUp all of the time. I'm running Vinux, and I just execute sudo speechd-up > before logging into a console, and this gives me speech in the console. This > tells me there's something else at play here besides just Pulse and SpeakUp. > > On 02/06/16 13:33, Alonzo Cuellar wrote: > > Hi Janina > > > > Yes... Pulse is not compatible with speakup. I do miss the console > > environment. However, I've learned to life with the desktop > > environment. Since I've not tried using a pure alsa system in ages... > > I'm not sure how stable it is. Pulse has been very stable in my > > experiences using the desktop. > > > > > > Alonzo > > > > > > On 06/01/2016 08:58 AM, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > Alonzo: > > > > > > If you're satisfied with working on the desktop alone, then you have > > > pulse support in Speech-Dispatcher and Orca. But this thread was about > > > console speech. I believe most of us who value the console environment > > > have not found pulse compatible with Speakup--which is what most use on > > > the console for a screen reader. > > > > > > Janina > > > > > > Alonzo Cuellar writes: > > > > hello, > > > > > > > > My thoughts. Pulse Audio has more functionality then Alsa. Alsa is > > > > great for > > > > a low level system meaning only command line access. If you run a > > > > graphical > > > > environment you will not be able to get discovery of sound automatically > > > > unless of course you write some sort of scripts for Alsa. > > > > > > > > I happen to think though that when Pulse Audio was beginning to be > > > > upon the > > > > Linux community most of us who used Espeakup relied on Alsa heaviely. > > > > Now > > > > its a bit of a problem for a user who wants the desktop experience. > > > > > > > > Thats just what I see. > > > > > > > > > > > > alonzo > > > > > > > > > > > > On 05/26/2016 09:32 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > > > Once pulseaudio is purged, try powering off the system then start the > > > > > system up again and find out what happens. If everything works, the > > > > > system will reconfigure to account for the absence of pulseaudio and > > > > > you > > > > > should have speech back again once that happens. > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 26 May 2016, Mark Peveto wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 03:32:44 > > > > > > From: Mark Peveto <southernprince73@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion > > > > > > <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > Subject: Re: console speech > > > > > > > > > > > > Tried, but it totally jacked up my sound after that. I'm having to > > > > > > reinstall again. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 05/25/2016 01:58 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > > > > > Mark has to get rid of pulseaudio and all of its dependencies. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 25 May 2016, Willem van der Walt wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 14:10:06 > > > > > > > > From: Willem van der Walt <wvdwalt@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > > Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion > > > > > > > > <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: console speech > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Get rid of pulseaudio. > > > > > > > > You should be able to google how to do that on your distro. > > > > > > > > HTH, Willem > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 25 May 2016, Mark Peveto wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm at my witt's end! I'm working with f123, a manjaro > > > > > > > > > based distro, and have had really good luck, until it > > > > > > > > > comes to console speech using espeakup. > > > > > > > > > It'll speak for about 30 seconds, then I get a > > > > > > > > > pulseaudio error that looks like this. > > > > > > > > > assirtion 'p' failed at pulse/simple.c:273, function > > > > > > > > > pa_simple_write(). Aborting. > > > > > > > > > It's shot me down on every manjaro based distro I've > > > > > > > > > tried. Others have seemed to get speech in console, but > > > > > > > > > I can't seem to make it happen. Vinux has > > > > > > > > > it, and if i have to i'll put vinux on both machines, > > > > > > > > > but that seems a little nuts. I like vinux, and am > > > > > > > > > using it now, but would also like the > > > > > > > > > opportunity to work with these other distros. I've been > > > > > > > > > able to install my favorite programs, but trying to use > > > > > > > > > them from a terminal just doesn't read > > > > > > > > > well, so I need the console. > > > > > > > > > Oh, and before someone says google it, I've done that > > > > > > > > > for a week. Nothing helps. 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