Running as root outputs nothing, but the permissions on /dev/softsynth are the same as with older versions of espeakup, alsa-lib, etc: crw------- 1 root root 10, 122 Aug 21 08:29 /dev/softsynth That's the same as on my other Linux box where the following works just fine: janina@concerto 09:11:08 ~$yay -Q alsa-lib pcaudiolib espeak-ng espeakup alsa-lib 1.2.4-3 pcaudiolib 1.2-2 espeak-ng 1.50-4 espeakup 0.80-3 I believe I have the same permissions: root@concerto 09:12:26 dev#ls -l /dev/softsynth crw------- 1 root root 10, 122 Aug 21 08:29 /dev/softsynth Samuel Thibault writes: > Janina Sajka, le sam. 21 août 2021 08:49:12 -0400, a ecrit: > > espeakup -d gives me: > > > > Unable to open the softsynth device: Permission denied > > It needs to be run as root, or change the permissions on /dev/softsynth > to be able to run it as non-root. > > Samuel -- Janina Sajka https://linkedin.com/in/jsajka Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Co-Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa
