Why does the exact same thing happen when I test alsa? That doesn't suggest a pulseaudio problem to me. I've read the manual; I'm not sure how to set up a system-wide anything. How do I get sound (and speech-dispatcher) as root? On 8/28/17, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list