Hi, To direct alsa output for a program to a diffrent card from card 0 (or which ever is the default), you can use the ALSA_CARD environment variable. E.g.: ALSA_CARD=1 espeakup hth Rynhardt On 5/11/13, Janina Sajka <janina at rednote.net> wrote: > Hi, Chuck: > > Hoping this finds you well ... > > I also have several audio devices on each of my computers, even the > laptop. It's perfectly possible to configure Linux to assign them > predictable alsa device designations. Here's how I do it on Fedora 18. > Your distro may do it a bit differently, but I suspect the basics remain > the same. > > Before I lay this out, however, let me point out that I believe there's > an even better way that I haven't yet stopped to learn involving udev > configuration. > > > Here's my pre udev approach ... > > Sometime ago Fedora moved /etc/modprobe.conf to a set of files in > /etc/modprobe.d/. In that directory I have two files of interest: > > 1.) blacklist.conf > In this file I find it important to comment out Fedora's default > silencing of the system beep, so that the line now reads: > #blacklist snd-pcsp > > 2.) local.conf > Here's the complete contents of this file from my main machine. > > alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel > options snd-card-0 index=0 > options snd-hda-intel index=0 > alias snd-card-2 snd-usb-audio > options snd-card-2 index=2 > options snd-usb-audio index=2 > alias snd-card-3 snd-usb-audio > options snd-card-3 index=3 > options snd-usb-audio index=3 > alias snd-card-4 snd-hdsp > options snd-card-4 index=4 > options snd-hdsp index=4 > alias snd-card-5 snd-ice1724 > options snd-card-5 index=3 > options snd-ice1724 index=5 > alias snd-card-6 snd-pcsp > options snd-card-6 index=6 > options snd-pcsp index=6 > > > As I'm sure you've noticed, the two usb devices aren't differentiated. > Fortunately, they do tend to load in the same order for me, but this > where udev should be of help once I get my head around how to use it. > > hth > > Janina > > Chuck Hallenbeck writes: >> Hi, >> >> I am using speakup with espeakup and espeak, on a system with several >> audio >> devices supported by alsa. I would like to preserve the motherboard >> device >> as the default card0, and direct screen reader output to a different >> interface, such as card1 or card2. Is there a way to do this? Would >> speechdispatcher be able to do it? >> >> Thanks >> >> >> -- >> >> Chuck in Hudson. >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at linux-speakup.org >> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 > sip:janina at asterisk.rednote.net > Email: janina at rednote.net > > Linux Foundation Fellow > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf > Indie UI http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/ > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
