Hi, Chuck: My apologies. I misunderstood your problem, but I see you have an answer. And, I think I might want to adopt it myself! Janina Chuck Hallenbeck writes: > Hi Janina, > > Thanks for sharing this, but I'm still puzzled. How do I tell speakup, or > espeakup, or espeak, to use a card other than the default card0? I don't > see how assigning audio interfaces to particular index values accomplishes > that. > > > Chuck > > > On Sat, 11 May 2013, Janina Sajka 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 > > > > > > -- > > 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/
