> On Feb 12, 2022, at 8:52 PM, Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello, > > Digging back this issue, related also to a recent discussion on > debian-accessibility > > Frank Carmickle wrote: >> 0 5.14 and now 5.15. When I write a lot of output to a screen, >> say dmesg without a pager, screen review stops working for a few >> seconds. I know speakup is still responding because the tones are >> played when navigating by word when moving to a new line. The speech >> is interrupted appropriately but it will not speak again for a few >> seconds. > > I have been able to reproduce something like this: run dmesg, let it > start speak, press a key to stop it, press some other keys, but the > speech remains silent until a few seconds. I have tracked this down to > espeak having some extra 50ms delays that repeat for each dropped > phoneme/word, thus the apparent pause. > > I have just uploaded to sid version 1.50+dfsg-10 of espeak-ng that drops > that delay, would you be able to test it? Fixed!!! Thank you Samuel. I was able to cat 16,500 lines with no dropouts or delays. Your work is so very much appreciated. Best to you, --FC