What are espeakup-ng's dependencies? The archwiki only has italian articles on this package and the only italian I do sometimes is pizza ande pasta. On Wed, 9 Jun 2021, Jude DaShiell wrote: > dsp doesn't work so far as I know unless alsa-oss is installed and a > /dev/dsp device actually exists. > > > On Wed, 9 Jun 2021, Kelly Prescott wrote: > > > Chris, I did some experimenting and here is what I found. > > espeak is installed and it is what I am using. > > espeak-ng is also installed. > > Commands and results: > > > > espeak "Hello Linux Speakup" > > ALSA lib pcm.c:2660:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear > > ALSA lib pcm.c:2660:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe > > ALSA lib pcm.c:2660:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side > > ALSA lib pcm_route.c:877:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map > > connect(2) call to /dev/shm/jack-0/default/jack_0 failed (err=No such file or > > directory) > > attempt to connect to server failed > > connect(2) call to /dev/shm/jack-0/default/jack_0 failed (err=No such file or > > directory) > > attempt to connect to server failed > > ALSA lib pcm_oss.c:397:(_snd_pcm_oss_open) Cannot open device /dev/dsp > > ALSA lib pcm_oss.c:397:(_snd_pcm_oss_open) Cannot open device /dev/dsp > > ALSA lib pulse.c:242:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection > > refused > > > > ALSA lib pulse.c:242:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection > > refused > > > > ALSA lib confmisc.c:160:(snd_config_get_card) Invalid field card > > ALSA lib pcm_usb_stream.c:482:(_snd_pcm_usb_stream_open) Invalid card 'card' > > ALSA lib confmisc.c:160:(snd_config_get_card) Invalid field card > > ALSA lib pcm_usb_stream.c:482:(_snd_pcm_usb_stream_open) Invalid card 'card' > > connect(2) call to /dev/shm/jack-0/default/jack_0 failed (err=No such file or > > directory) > > attempt to connect to server failed > > Expression 'framesAvail' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: > > 3629 > > Expression 'PaAlsaStreamComponent_GetAvailableFrames( self, &framesAvail, xrun > > )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 3989 > > Expression 'PaAlsaStreamComponent_RegisterChannels( &self->playback, > > &self->bufferProcessor, &playbackFrames, &xrun )' failed in > > 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 4118 > > Expression 'PaAlsaStream_SetUpBuffers( stream, &framesGot, &xrun )' failed in > > 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 4359 > > > > espeak-ng "Hello Linux Speakup" > > Hello Linux Speakup was spoken. > > > > > > On Wed, 9 Jun 2021, Chris Brannon wrote: > > > > > Kelly Prescott <kprescott@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > > >> I just upgraded my archlinux system and alsalibs, alsa-utils, and > > >> other alsa packages were upgraded. > > >> The end result is that speakup would no longer speak properly. > > > > > > Kelly, > > > Are you using espeak-ng or the original espeak? > > > > > > -- Chris > > > > > > > > >