On Fri, 7 Mar 2014, John G. Heim wrote: > I think the classic fix for this probme is to recompile espeak to use > pulseaudio. Here is a link to a bug report explaining (sort of) what to do. > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481651 > > I think we had a discussion of this point back in November of 2013 but i > can't find the thread on google. I am still running debian squeeze on my > every day work machine and all my other machines now use sonar linux. So I > haven't tried to get speakup and orca to play nice for several months. But I > know I got speakup and orca to work in wheezy by following the advice on that > bug report. The real problem was that the version of orca in debian wheezy > didn't work. Below is the post from you and Mike Ray on how to configure and build espeak to use pulseaudio. I run pulseaudio as a daemon to get espeakup to start speaking as soon as it is loaded so I get speech at the login prompt. In Debian Jessie/Sid, you will need to edit /etc/default/pulseaudio to have this line: PULSEAUDIO_SYSTEM_START=1 And in /etc/pulse/client.conf: autospawn = no It's been a while since I configured speech for orca, but I think I had to modify /etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf to use a unix socket: SocketPath "/var/run/speech-dispatcher/speech-dispatcher.sock" And in my .bash_profile, I added: export SPEECHD_ADDRESS="unix_socket:/var/run/speech-dispatcher/speech-dispatcher.sock" I use hardware speech with speakup on the machine running orca and I don't run orca on the machine using espeakup, so I can't say that it will work for both orca and speakup with espeakup. Please follow up if I missed something. ----- Forwarded Message ----- Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 22:17:03 From: John G. Heim <jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup at linux-speakup.org> To: mike at raspberryvi.org, Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup at linux-speakup.org>, Brandon McGinty-Carroll <bmmcginty at bmcginty.hopto.org> Subject: Re: speakup & orca in debian 7 I got it working on my debian 7 (wheezy) system. Here is what I did: apt-get remove espeakup espeak apt-get install libpulse-dev libsonic-dev apt-get source espeak cd espeak-1.6.42/src/ [edit Makefile as describe below] make make install cd ../../ apt-get install espeakup cd espeakup-0.71/ make make install modprobe speakup-soft espeakup Viola! Notes: 1. I couldn't figure out how to get the debian espeakup package to work with my custom compiled version of speakup. You can't install espeakup w/o the espeak package. 2. The apt-get source command downloads the source for the debian package into the current working directory. On 11/01/2013 07:28 PM, Mike Ray wrote: > > 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at linux-speakup.org http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
