>From what I understand, it's just being developed. Mark Peveto Registered Linux user number 600552 Sent from sonar using alpine 2.20.13 On Mon, 11 Jul 2016, Al Sten-Clanton wrote: > Never heard of fenrir. Do you know where the info about it is? Thanks! > > Al > > > On 7/11/2016 2:27 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > pulseaudio is responsible for blocking signals that rightfully alsa > > ought to get. This is why fenrir will be the official console speech > > app for sonar. It wasn't possible to get brltty working correctly either. > > > > On Sun, 10 Jul 2016, Chris Brannon wrote: > > > > > Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 00:43:59 > > > From: Chris Brannon <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > To: Mark Peveto <southernprince73@xxxxxxxxx> > > > Cc: blinux <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > Subject: Re: for those who want console speech in manjaro based distros > > > > > > Mark Peveto <southernprince73@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > > > > sudo downgrade espeak > > > > That's right, the newer versions of espeak won't allow console speech > > > > to work. > > > > > > Hi Mark, > > > I saw this message and remembered that Manjaro and Sonar are using > > > espeak-ng, which is a fork of espeak. > > > One of the things that changed with espeak-ng is the way audio is > > > handled. Actually, espeak-ng uses its very own audio library. > > > So I decided to take it for a spin tonight. > > > I built a custom copy of the emacspeak speech server and linked against > > > espeak-ng, using alsa for the audio. > > > It doesn't work. > > > I get messages like "file descriptor in bad state" when I try to make > > > it speak. > > > I haven't tried it with espeakup yet, > > > but it doesn't look promising. > > > > > > This really needs to be fixed. I'll be delving more deeply into the > > > issue over the next week or so. > > > > > > -- Chris > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Blinux-list mailing list > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list