Yeah, I use the speech-dispatcher-git from AUR so when I built it, my configuration did pick up the pulse libraries and the implied default audio output method was indeed pulse. From there, I could choose between pulse or alsa from the speechd.conf at will. Still, the sound control sucked. I just couldn't get my hands around keeping the volume and sound quality from changing every time I restarted things. It seems like you have to go exclusively pulse for *EVERYTHING* - even at the console level; maybe then I might stabilize things with pulse. I had it working pretty well with GNOME but other than that, I think I will still wait a while. On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 12:32:08PM -0800, Jacob Schmude wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Steve > No, that's not the issue in your case. The volume bug exists when > espeak outputs to Pulse, however speech dispatcher doesn't use > Espeak's output routines. Sd interfaces to Pulse directly, uses > libespeak to synthesize, then outputs the synthesized data itself. I > haven't had any volume instabilities with speech dispatcher and > Pulseaudio, but I did recompile speech dispatcher with pulseaudio > support (the default Arch packages do not have it unless it was added > within the last week). Did you recompile speeech dispatcher to have > Pulse support? If not, you might be trying to use it through the ALSA > plugin, which can create all sorts of wacky problems. > As for OSS4, I wish it had lived up to what it could've been. The API > is simpler, it's quick and responsive, and has a much better output > routine than ALSA. Unfortunately, most of OSS4's drivers are buggy > beyond belief, and USB microphones aren't supported at all. If you've > got one of the cards which has a stable OSS driver and don't care > about USB input, you can use it. I'm not so lucky, unfortunately, and > all of the stable OSS4 cards have long since been discontinued. > > > On 03/05/2011 09:05 AM, Steve Holmes wrote: > > If GNOME3 is going exclusively pulse, that doesn't leave much > > choice. I wasn't originally aware that espeak was maxing out the > > volume in pulse; suppose that is the cause of our volume > > instabilities then? Because at one point last week, I was in GNOME > > and managed to have most other sounds going along pretty good > > without distortion or crackling or any of that but it seemed that > > as soon as I rebooted and brought up speech dispatcher then it all > > went to hell and of course, speech dispatcher launches espeak; so > > is that where the problem lies? > > > > As for other sound alternatives, whatever happened to OSS4. I had > > heard comments that it was even better than pulse. I notice that > > none of the speech systems I know of implement OSS4 AFAIK. > > > > On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 02:30:15PM +0000, Christopher Brannon > > wrote: > >> Jacob Schmude <j.schmude at gmail.com> writes: > >> > >>> Hi Arch's espeakup packages, just FYI, are using the git > >>> version of espeakup with the direct ALSA option. I'd be all for > >>> getting rid of it, > >> > >> No, they aren't. Look more closely at the PKGBUILD. How did you > >> come to this conclusion? If you're trying to use the "device" > >> setting in espeak's configuration files to redirect espeak's > >> output to another sound card, it won't work, because of an espeak > >> bug. The option wasn't being parsed correctly. AFAIK, it is > >> fixed in the testing versions of espeak. > >> > >> -- Chris _______________________________________________ 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 > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNcp3GAAoJEDtK6CrF/Uo1F2AH/3VhcpJJj2ajj4b8Lan8K7/R > Ahe5X59zSDj8TklnnuBZgLaTArbG/tQSrLlyZKNW0B/Sj5QViQwvdyWHU7/i0wib > boOmAIu2KJyzrk4AOhIX7VWSZokS9FanL+b5PnAuAreNIeZnEG6yc3J1xF0xm9FV > LDTfX+15KWUdSRBxSTX2xcvoLiak0v2aHJGE8cU71OOKW1df1OY0frCnU10px0l0 > JSOB5b9SBs+AMNmQ651j33aa5z1hVtH8sTPAdbpUcogcbT0BSDY4f1OHD5c4Fa3V > YVeqyJPucm/PwgxIhhMki5ZeGNDjSaEH852RZsscjEPMsonVaWCOCM13bhSRcxw= > =PlZv > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
