Hi! Thanks for getting back to me. Did you have the choppiness on the live system? I'm playing with the live, so, don't know whether I'll have it on the installed. Can try the Budgie or GNOME; see if the speech is smoothe. Cheers, Dave H. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 31, 2021, at 5:11 AM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Oddly enough I've not noticed the choppiness with the Budgie desktop, so I'm wondering if it's something Mate spin specific with how Solus does things though? > >> On 7/31/21 3:25 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >> I'm now running Solus and find that both pulseaudio and pipewire are actual >> executable files. Furthermore, pipewire is not running, as indicated by >> typing: >> >> ps aux |grep pipewire >> >> Only return is my command. >> >> When I do the same thing, but with pulseaudio, I get several lines. I'm >> going to assume this means that pulseaudio is running. What, next, to try, >> to smoothe this speech out? >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> Dave H. >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Jul 31, 2021 at 1:56 AM Linux for blind general discussion < >> blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> Yes. If Pipewire is installed, pulseaudio would be a symlink. Try >>> running file like so: >>> >>> file /usr/bin/pulseaucio >>> >>> This should tell you exactly what you're dealing with. It does appear >>> you will want to change your AudioOutputMethod to "alsa" in >>> /etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf. That will be the easiest way to >>> solve the choppy speech problem I think. >>> >>> ~Kyle >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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