Did you run spd-conf in user account directory yet? If not, you may want to do that. The spd-say has a default of pulseaudio as output and if memory serves slint has had better luck using libao rather than pulse. On Fri, 30 Jul 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Hi, > > > I gave the latest Mate spin of this distro a look, and like what I see, in > general; may put it onto one of my machines. It seems to offer the ease and > convenience of something like Ubuntu, but, it's a rolling release. On the > live system, I notise a persistent choppiness or scratchiness of the speech. > Maybe something with speech dispatcher and the audio system? Other audio is > not choppy. Maybe people who are using Solus, on a regular basis, can suggest > configuration changes, after the install, to solve the speech problem? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Dave H. > > > Sent with Thunderbird and Slint > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list