I am running Jesse/Sid. I tried all of these things with no luck. I even tried Janina's suggestion of disabling Pulseaudio (using her steps) and that just resulted in Orca not speaking. I thought I would try a little experimenting of my own, so I recompiled espeak to use Pulseaudio. I then configured Pulseaudio to run as a system service. When I attempted to restart espeakup, it said it couldn't connect to PulseAudio: access denied. On another note: I noticed, when booting, that speech starts before the Pulseaudio daemon. Could this be causing a problem? I'll keep hammering away at this. I agree with another poster that someone should fix this bug. Thanks, Rob On 3/7/2014 10:48 AM, Trevor Astrope wrote: > 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 at math.wisc.edu> > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
