Thanks. I was using pulseaudio. I've shut it off and will see if the problem occurs. On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 03:13:44PM -0500, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > > > I'm using speakup with espeak and espeakup, and over the past > > couple of weeks I've noticed an odd phenomena: on occasion, > > the speech sounds gravelly. If I continue to use speakup the > > gravelliness or roughness of the voice becomes worse and > > worse. But If I stop the speech and wait a few seconds, the > > speech smoothes out and I can use speakup extensively with no > > problems, at least until the problem recurs a few days later. > > Are you using pulseaudio? > If so, there seem to be some cases especially with espeak where pulse's > adaptive latency algorithms get unstable and introduce some really > horrible crackle. > This can be particularly bad on HDMI audio out. > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Rudy Vener Website: http://www.rudyvener.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/RudySalt _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list