Isn't there a way to use alsa's dmix plugin to either replace, or at least augment, pulse? Also, this is assuming that Alsa is being used from the CLI. -Devon On 2013/11/02, at 4:41, "John G. Heim" <jheim at math.wisc.edu> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
