Howdy Willem, I tried SAM. It works and is amazingly small, but the voice is horrible. So and although the binary be named sam, I do not object that you call sam this Simple Alsa Mixer. I am not entitled to object anyway <smile> Also it is highly unlikely that you be sued for using the same name as is is supposed to be Abandonware. I also found a forked GitHub with some more recent commits for SAM: https://github.com/vidarh/SAM but am too lazy to try it. Sorry for the digression, back to the topic. I have tried sam in qemu with 3 sound cards It first lets me choose which one to set up, as expected. However my tests are otherwise inconclusive, as increasing or decreasing the volume had no effect; even if I change the card in use by espeaup typing ALSA_CARD=<somecard> espeakup. @Janina: it would be interesting to know your findings with real hardware. Other than that: if I increase the volume to 100% and press Enter again the volume stays @ 100% but I hear nothing. That's not an issue for me (I am sighted) but could confuse a blind user, I assume. Maybe play a sound or say a warning in this case like "already 100%" in this case? Best, Didier PS I just read Chime an Jude's answers before posting. On 10/04/2019 15:22, Willem van der Walt wrote: > Hi Didier, > I am glad to here it works with Slint. > About the name: > I just had to call it something, I am open to suggestions for a better name. > First it was console_mixer_alsa, but that was long and not too descriptive. > Hopefully, most people would not need to install using the tar file, but perhaps I were too precise. > https://pypi.org/project/pyalsaaudio/#files is likely enough. > I am used to python2, but I suppose I should look into changing the code so that it can work on both. > If there is enough interest in the program I will make time to do it. > > I will see what the feedback is and let you know, but you are welcome to package whenever you want. > Kind regards, Willem > > > On Wed, 10 Apr 2019, Didier Spaier wrote: > >> [The e-mail server of the sender could not be verified (SPF Record)] >> >> Hello Willem, >> >> sam works on Slint64-14.2.1.2 using any console screen reader. Well, at >> least with espeakup, speechd-up and fenrir <smile>. >> >> I still have to test with several sound cards, will do in a qemu VM. >> >> Congrats! >> >> I will package it for Slint as soon as you tell it's ready for release. >> >> Some minor remarks: >> 1. There is a software called SAM (mind the capital letters): >> https://github.com/s-macke/SAM >> Isn't there a risk of confusion? >> 2. in README.md you wrote: >>> 3. Alternatively, grab the tar.gz from https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/52/b6/44871791929d9d7e11325af0b7be711388dfeeab17147988f044a41a6d83/pyalsaaudio-0.8.4.tar.gz >> But there is a SHA256SUM on this page that the reader could miss: >> https://pypi.org/project/pyalsaaudio/#files >> Maybe it's not accessible though as it's not an hyperlink, the html code for it is the 4 following line: >> <a class="-js-copy-hash table__sha256-link tooltipped tooltipped-s" aria-label="Copy to clipboard" data-original-label="Copy to clipboard" data-clipboard-text="84e8f8da544d7f4bd96479ce4a237600077984d9be1d7f16c1d9a492ecf50085"> >> <i class="fa fa-copy" aria-hidden="true"></i> >> <span class="sr-only">Copy SHA256 hash</span> >> SHA256 >> </a> >> not sure what to do here... >> 3. Maybe you could consider porting sam to python3? pyalsaudio can be >> built for python3, but TBH that's all I know, I didn't try to use it so. >> >> Best, >> >> Didier >> >> On 10/04/2019 12:14, Willem van der Walt wrote: >>> OK, I made the change to use python2 and uploaded again. >>> HTH, Willem >>> >>> >>> On Wed, 10 Apr 2019, Samuel Thibault wrote: >>> >>>> [The e-mail server of the sender could not be verified (SPF Record)] >>>> >>>> Chuck Hallenbeck, le mer. 10 avril 2019 05:52:15 -0400, a ecrit: >>>>> On Wed, 10 Apr 2019, Samuel Thibault wrote: >>>>>> Chuck Hallenbeck, le mer. 10 avril 2019 05:33:10 -0400, a ecrit: >>>>>>> I am using arch, and had to use pyalsaaudio from the AUR to satisfy the >>>>>>> requirements for sam, but on first executing it, I get this: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [groucho@workshop ~]$ sam >>>>>>> File "/usr/local/bin/sam", line 152 >>>>>>> print '' >>>>>>> ^ >>>>>>> SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'. Did you mean >>>>>>> print('')? >>>>>>> [groucho@workshop ~]$ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Any suggestions? Looks like an interesting idea. >>>>>> >>>>>> This is a python2 vs python3 issue. >>>>>> >>>>> Okay, that's helpful. Arch names the different pythons python2 and >>>>> python. Not sure if debian does it that way, or calls them python and >>>>> python3. . >>>> >>>> It's python (for python2) and python3 for now. >>>> sam should use python2 explicitly until being compatible with python3 >>>> (which should probably not be very hard) >>>> >>>> Samuel >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Speakup mailing list >>>> Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> >> _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
