I believe pulseaudio considers this a feature, not a bug. For me it denotes yet another reason why I hate pulse. Janina Linux for blind general discussion writes: > Both the commands "spd-conf --test-pulse" and "spd-conf --test-alsa > play sound when run as user but fail as root. > This could be why I've had so much trouble with Fenrir. > Running spd-say also only works as user. > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Email: janina@xxxxxxxxxxx Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list