Does Speakup even work in a Gnome Terminal session? I wouldn't have even thought to try such a thing. And, if that's the case you most certainly shouldn't expect to have Orca and Speaup both sharing a single speech-dispatcher process. I don't believe anyone built those to work that way. Wierd. Janina Linux for blind general discussion writes: > Yes, I mean that I never attempt to run speakup in a gnome terminal session > and I have separate users for text and graphical use. > -- Kelly Prescott > > > > On Wed, 6 Sep 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > > Sorry if this sounds like a weird question, but what do you mean by, "2: > > I never try to use speakup and orca in the same session."? Do you mean > > that during a period when you're using orca, you never use speakup in a > > text terminal, and that when you're using speakup you do not use the > > gui? Thanks! > > > > Al > > > > On 9/6/2017 5:02 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > > for what its worth, I use archLinux on all my systems, and I use orca > > > with gnome and gdm. > > > I have never had sound problems, and I use speakup as well. > > > I also have never disabled pulse. > > > I follow these simple rules: > > > 1: I use one user specifically for graphical use. > > > 2: I never try to use speakup and orca in the same session. > > > This seems to work for me and I just don't have problems with it. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 6 Sep 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > > > > > > I have gnome and gnome-extra on the system and removed mate and > > > > mate-extra by now. I have managed to login with gnome and proved it > > > > by running gnome-terminal then using the backspace key a few times > > > > until I heard repeated beeps each time I hit the key. I ran > > > > speaker-test inside gnome-terminal and heard static on speakers too. > > > > Unfortunately, orca for archlinux is packaged incorrectly since when > > > > started even under these conditions orca does not talk at all but only > > > > shows its setup screen. > > > > Also, orca.desktop file did not come in the orca package and that may > > > > or may not contribute to the problems. running orca, orca --replace, > > > > and alt-super-s in turn failed to bring orca up talking. > > > > > > > -- > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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