If I kill pulseaudio, do I still get speech with orca? On 11/01/13 14:23, Trevor Astrope wrote: > Are you using software speech with both speakup and orca? I've had this > problem with sound not working on the command line after running orca. > In my case, gnome/orca started a pulseaudio process running as my user, > even though I have pulseaudio and speechd-up configured to run as a > system daemon. > > Killing the pulseaudio process running as my user gets sound back. You > may need to restart speechd-up service as well, as I sometimes have a > problem with this too, but I usually use hardware speech, so I don't > remember the scenario where that is necessary to do as well. > > > On Fri, 1 Nov 2013, John G. Heim wrote: > >> Sorry if this is an FAQ but is there a solution to that problem with >> running both speakup & orca in debian 7? Every time I've installed >> debian 7 (aka wheezy), I can use speakup fine unless I log in at the >> GUI and run orca. At that point, speakup stops talking and nothing >> I've found short of rebooting gets it working agin. I understand this >> has something to do with pulse audio run in the GUI. >> >> >> >> -- >> --- >> John G. Heim, 608-263-4189, jheim at math.wisc.edu >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at linux-speakup.org >> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- --- John G. Heim, 608-263-4189, jheim at math.wisc.edu
