I should also say the command to compile is: make all not just make Mike On 02/11/2013 00:22, Mike Ray wrote: > > Here is what I did: > > Edit the Makefile and find the section which reads like this: > > # 'runtime' uses pulseaudio if it is running, else uses portaudio > #AUDIO = runtime > AUDIO = portaudio > #AUDIO = portaudio0 > #AUDIO = portaudio2 > #AUDIO = pulseaudio > #AUDIO = sada > > And simply change it to read thusly: > > # 'runtime' uses pulseaudio if it is running, else uses portaudio > #AUDIO = runtime > #AUDIO = portaudio > #AUDIO = portaudio0 > #AUDIO = portaudio2 > AUDIO = pulseaudio > #AUDIO = sada > > As you can see I just commented out portaudio and uncommented pulseaudio. > > I'm pretty sure that's all I did. If you get errors about libraries > just install what you have missing. > > I am currently having trouble configuring pulseaudio to autospawn > properly on the Raspberry Pi. > > But I hope if I can get it to work switching from portaudio to > pulseaudio will solve all the latency issues and crashes we currently > have with Arch on the Pi. > > We have SpeakUp and Emacspeak running with eSpeak on Arch on the Pi > but have had to blacklist firmware and newer versions of sound drivers > because of a change to the driver which introduced some latency problems. > > The other way to make SpeakUp use pulse would be to ditch espeakup and > use speechd-up to connect it to speech-dispatcher but I haven't had > much success with speechd-up on Arch either on x86 or on the Pi. > > Mike > > > On 02/11/2013 00:01, Brandon McGinty-Carroll wrote: >> Mike, >> If you have the configure commands/steps handy, I'd love them, as >> would others, I'm sure. >> If not, I'll go looking and post back what I find. >> >> Brandon McGinty-Carroll >> >> On Fri, Nov 01, 2013 at 10:22:05PM +0000, Mike Ray wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> Espeakup doesn't use either portaudio or pulseaudio. It just calls >>> espeak, which in it's default configuration uses portaudio. >>> >>> It is possible to re-compile espeak to use pulseaudio. I have just >>> done exactly that in efforts to get tts to work properly on Arch >>> Linux on a Raspberry Pi. >>> >>> espeak using portaudio suffers appalling latency on the Pi and >>> sometimes crashes the kernel, but using pulseaudio the latency >>> issues are gone. >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> On 01/11/2013 20:37, Gregory Nowak wrote: >>>> If there is a way to use dmix to augment/replace pulse, I'd love to >>>> know about it. The problem here is that espeakup uses alsa directly >>>> instead of going through pulse. The only two ways I can think of to >>>> fix this would be either to be able to run espeakup as a normal user, >>>> which should force it to use pulse by virtue of opening alsa as a >>>> regular user from what I understand, or to add pulse support to >>>> espeakup. Actually, espeak uses portaudio if I remember right, so >>>> maybe it's >>>> as simple as portaudio supporting pulse. >>>> >>>> Greg >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Nov 02, 2013 at 04:52:48AM +0900, Devon Stewart wrote: >>>>> 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 >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Speakup mailing list >>>>> Speakup at linux-speakup.org >>>>> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Michael A. Ray >>> Analyst/Programmer >>> Witley, Surrey, South-east UK >>> >>> I KEEP six honest serving-men, They taught me all I know. Their >>> names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who. >>> -- Rudyard Kipling (paraphrased) >>> >>> Interested in accessibility on the Raspberry Pi? >>> Visit: http://www.raspberryvi.org/ >>> >>> From where you can join our mailing list for visually-impaired Pi >>> hackers >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup at linux-speakup.org >>> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- Michael A. Ray Analyst/Programmer Witley, Surrey, South-east UK I KEEP six honest serving-men, They taught me all I know. Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who. -- Rudyard Kipling (paraphrased) Interested in accessibility on the Raspberry Pi? Visit: http://www.raspberryvi.org/ From where you can join our mailing list for visually-impaired Pi hackers
