Or how about speakup using speech dispatcher -- would not that work as well? Gregory Nowak <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What you're describing happens because of > pulseaudio. Orca/speech-dispatcher are using pulseaudio, while > espeakup is using the sound card directly, thus no speech from > speakup. You can: > 1. Rebuild espeakup to use pulseaudio. I haven't done this, but > understand it is doable. or: > > 2. Disable gdm3 from running. You can then use startx to bring up > xorg, and espeakup/speakup will be back and talking when you end > your x session. Unfortunately, espeakup doesn't talk for me in > other consoles while I have the x session launched. So, if you > intend to keep long term x sessions open, as well as use the text > consoles, then you'll probably want to recompile espeakup to use > pulseaudio. > > Greg > > > On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 09:05:21AM -0400, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote: > > Hi Tony, > > > > This is indeed the problem in Manjaro Linux. I switched to "pure" Arch > > with Antergos (easier and faster to install) and the problem still exists. > > Vinux users are reporting the problem also. > > > > It seems as soon as the ORCA starts speaking, speakup dies. Systemctl > > reports espeakup is running. > > > > But no speech in console until I reboot. > > > > As I said this seems to be for Vinux based on Ubuntu, Arch/Antergos/Manjaro. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > David > > > > > -- > web site: http://www.gregn.net > gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your contacts. > > -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@xxxxxx > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
