Hello, No, I am not using the Speech Dispatcher backend. I've got the Gnome Speech backend. However, I'm not using Ubuntu, so can't speak to how responsive or unresponsive it might be. Yours, Zack. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Guy Schlosser" <guyster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 4:11 PM Subject: Re: Unable to use espeak with orca > Zack, how did you get your Orca running with Espeak? Did you use the > backend for speech-dispatcher? If so, where did you put the .py file > that you have to download? I got ubuntu installed, and Orca is > running, but doesn't seem as responsive as it should be. If you or > anyone know how to get the experimental backend running, please let > me know. There might even be an update to it now, the docs on it are > still from last summer some time. Thanks much in advance for the help. > > Later, > > > Guy > P.S. If I have to go through gnomespeech, how can I play system > sounds and music files at the same time? > > At 06:33 PM 4/29/2007, you wrote: >>Hello, >> Orca doesn't have an 'espeak' module for speech synthesis, as I >> recall. >>What it does have is a Gnome Speech module. Gnome Speech in turn hooks >>into >>Speech Dispatcher, which hooks into Espeak. >>Now, I have had no difficulties with Orca forgetting any preferences of >>mine--it uses Espeak just fine. >>Hope this is helpful, >>Zack. >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Garrett Klein" <garrettklein at comcast.net> >>To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >>Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 3:22 PM >>Subject: Unable to use espeak with orca >> >> >> > Hello all, >> > >> > I got orca working yesterday. And I had it using espeak. >> > However, sometimes Orca seems to "forget" that it's supposed to >> > use espeak, but keeps my speech rate/key echo settings in tact. >> > I upgraded to svn orca this morning, and it was working fine, >> > until it forgot my preferences again. I should note, at this >> > point, that espeak isn't available in the GUI preferences, >> > regardless of version. And in the newest orca, I get a python >> > traceback at the end of running orca --text-setup. >> > >> > Anyone else have this problem? >> > >> > Garrett >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Speakup mailing list >> > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Speakup mailing list >>Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >