Okay, I have sound with espeakup and orca. I do not use a braille device. On Thu, 21 Jun 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 18:07:46 > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: slint and vlc > > Both work here, so there should be an issue with your sound settings > or installation. Example: > > didier[~]$ play /usr/share/sounds/purple/login.wav > > /usr/share/sounds/purple/login.wav: > > File Size: 192k Bit Rate: 706k > Encoding: Signed PCM > Channels: 2 @ 16-bit > Samplerate: 22050Hz > Replaygain: off > Duration: 00:00:02.18 > > In:100% 00:00:02.18 [00:00:00.00] Out:48.1k [ | ] Clip:0 > Done. > didier[~]$ > > I did hear the "tune". > > Do you have sound with other apps, including espeakup and/or orca? > > I ask because you don't say if you use speech or a Braille device. > > Best, > > Didier > > Le 20/06/2018 ? 23:55, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?: > > A little more background, I haven't been able to get > > /usr/share/sounds/purple/login.wav to play with aplay or play or paplay. > > No error returns but neither does any sound. > > > > On Wed, 20 Jun 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > > >> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 14:55:15 > >> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: Re: slint and vlc > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> Le 20/06/2018 ? 20:38, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?: > >>> I have an old version of slint running on the new computer. What I am > >>> curious about is if vlc can play any url or local files on the machine > >>> once downloaded. So far it doesn't on this older version of slint. > >> > >> That's weird, vlc should play pretty much any file, local or remote. > >> > >> The version of Slint shouldn't matter at all. > >> > >> >From "vlc -h": > >> > >> <quoted text begins below> > >> Usage: vlc [options] [stream] ... > >> You can specify multiple streams on the commandline. > >> They will be enqueued in the playlist. > >> The first item specified will be played first. > >> > >> Options-styles: > >> --option A global option that is set for the duration of the program. > >> -option A single letter version of a global --option. > >> :option An option that only applies to the stream directly before it > >> and that overrides previous settings. > >> > >> Stream MRL syntax: > >> [[access][/demux]://]URL[#[title][:chapter][-[title][:chapter]]] > >> [:option=value ...] > >> > >> Many of the global --options can also be used as MRL specific :options. > >> Multiple :option=value pairs can be specified. > >> > >> URL syntax: > >> file:///path/file Plain media file > >> http://host[:port]/file HTTP URL > >> ftp://host[:port]/file FTP URL > >> mms://host[:port]/file MMS URL > >> screen:// Screen capture > >> dvd://[device] DVD device > >> vcd://[device] VCD device > >> cdda://[device] Audio CD device > >> udp://[[<source address>]@[<bind address>][:<bind port>]] > >> UDP stream sent by a streaming server > >> vlc://pause:<seconds> Pause the playlist for a certain time > >> vlc://quit Special item to quit VLC > >> <end of quoted text> > >> > >> Doesn't this syntax work for you? > >> > >> Here (but I don't think that the VLC version matter either): > >> didier[~]$ LANG=en_US.utf8 vlc --version > >> VLC media player 2.2.8 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.7-14-g3cc1d8cba9) > >> VLC version 2.2.8 Weatherwax (2.2.7-14-g3cc1d8cba9) > >> Compiled by root on stable.slint.net (Jan 18 2018 00:49:03) > >> Compiler: gcc version 5.3.0 (GCC) > >> This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. > >> You may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License; > >> see the file named COPYING for details. > >> Written by the VideoLAN team; see the AUTHORS file. > >> didier[~]$ > >> > >> Best, > >> > >> Didier > >> -- > >> Slint distribution > >> http://slint.fr > >> http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/ > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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