Hi,
I have spent sometime today trying to get espeakup working on one of my
two Linux systems. I now have it working with alsa-lib-1.2.6.1-1 and
Espeakup-0.90 on Arch, using standard Arch packaging.
What was the fix?
I introduced a file:
/etc/asound.conf
<begin file contents>
ctl.!default {
type hw
card 0
}
<end file contents>
Why that should matter is beyond me. Seems like this
should be the default behavior, no?
Best,
Janina
Janina Sajka writes:
> Hi, Alexander:
>
> I ram an -Syu upgrade on one of my two machines and rebooted. I can
> confirm espeakup 0.9.0 and also:
>
> alsa-lib 1.2.5.1-3
> alsa-utils 1.2.5.1-1
>
> Unfortunately, I do not get Speakup speech. Doing "espeak hello" works,
> as do aplay commands.
>
> I would also note the amixer command environment seems OK now, but
> that's a separate issue.
>
> I will leave things as they are for now, rather than downversioning
> alsa-lib, in case I can give you some other
> debugging output. Let me know, and thanks for your efforts.
>
> Janina
>
>
> Alexander Epaneshnikov writes:
> > 14.06.2021 16:26, Janina Sajka пишет:
> > > Hi, All:
> > >
> > > Just returning to this topic to add my own experience on updating my
> > > Arch Linux installation on two machines over the weekend.
> > >
> > > I also ran into problems that rendered Speakup unusable with espeakup.
> > > Reverting alsa-lib fixed the Speakup issue. As we don't know how long
> > > the problem may persist, I've added the following to my
> > > /etc/pacman.conf:
> > >
> > > IgnorePkg =alsa-lib
> > >
> > >
> > > I also discovered problems with alsa-util packages. A command as
> > > straight forward as:
> > >
> > > amixer controls
> > >
> > > returned meaningless results. Further, several of my audio devices were
> > > silent with volumes set to 0, and the switch set to "false." So, I also
> > > added a line like the above for alsa-utils.
> > >
> > > Not sure how to be helpful to anyone interested in debugging, but I do
> > > have two machines and am willing to try. Please advise.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > Janina
> > >
> > Hello everyone. please test espeakup 0.90 with laytest alsa-lib on Arch Linux.
> > I will be happy to hear the results.
> >
> > --
> > Sincerely, Alexander.
>
> --
>
> 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
>
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Janina Sajka
(she/her/hers)
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
