Emacspeak in .emacs VS. emacspeak script

[Kalyan Mukherjea <kalyan.infinity@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tim,
Thanks for the response.

1.The value of emacspeak-play-emacspeak-startup-icon is `t'
2.  The sound file emacspeak.mp3 is in the sounds subdirectory of
emacspeak.
3. mplayer can play this fine but not `aplay' which is my auditory
icon player. 
In fact trying to run aplay on emacspeak.mp3 creates a horrible
racket!

Let us quietly drop this thread, since it is of no consequence.

Cheers.
Kalyan
Tim Cross writes:
 > 
 > 1. Check the value of emacspeak-play-emacspeak-startup-icon. It needs to be 't'
 > to have the icon played. 
 > 
 > 2. Check that the sound file is in the correct location. 
 > 
 > 3. Try playing the sound file to make sure it works
 > 
 > As there are no error messages in the messages buffer output you posted, I
 > doubt the problem is because emacspeak cannot find the audio file or cannot
 > play it for some reason. My bet is that the value ov
 > emacspeak-play-emacspeak-startup-icon is nil rather than t.
 > 
 > Tim
 > 
 > Kalyan Mukherjea writes:
 >  > Hi Tim,
 >  > I think the samall problem I wish to discuss has some relevance with
 >  > what you wrote about loading emacspeak before anything else.
 >  > 
 >  > I have been using emacspeak for almost 4 years starting from
 >  > emacspeak-14. Except for this version on a Red Hat linux box, I have
 >  > never heard the emacspeak startup icon:
 >  > 
 >  > "This is emacspeak" spoken with Bach's Tocata & Fugue playing in the
 >  > background.
 >  > 
 >  > I am running a Fedora Core 3 setup and could not find anything under
 >  > the /etc/ directory with emacs. But obviously the Fedora does some
 >  > work when I start emacspeak because when I look at the *Messages*
 >  > buffer (attached below)  on line 24 there is mention of some RedHat specific functions
 >  > being loaded 
 >  > But the top of the *Messages* buffer starts with the emacspeak startup
 >  > file.
 >  > 
 >  > Obviously your script is tailored for the debian distro. Does anybody
 >  > feel like helping out?
 >  > 
 >  > The problem is a trivial complaint but  it would be nice to get the
 >  > startup "jingle" back.
 >  > Indeed I had forgotten about it and remembered only when a few days
 >  > ago I ran
 >  > the Oralux Live CD to help a blind person get started on linux etc.
 >  > TIA.
 >  > Cheers.
 >  > Kalyan
 >  > 
 >  > This is the *Messages* buffer immediately after I start emacspeak:
 >  > 
 >  > 
 >  > (emacs -q -l /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/emacspeak/lisp/emacspeak-setup.el -l /home/kalyan/.emacs)
 >  > Loading disp-table...done
 >  > Loading tool-bar...done
 >  > Loading image...done
 >  > Loading tooltip...done
 >  > Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/lang-coding-systems-init.el (source)...
 >  > Loading encoded-kb...done
 >  > Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/lang-coding-systems-init.el (source)...done
 >  > Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/php-mode-init.el (source)...done
 >  > Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/po-mode-init.el (source)...done
 >  > Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/psgml-init.el (source)...done
 >  > Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/python-mode-init.el (source)...done
 >  > Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/rpm-spec-mode-init.el (source)...done
 >  > Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/w3m-init.el (source)...done
 >  > For information about the GNU Project and its goals, type C-h C-p.
 >  > Loading cl-macs...done
 >  > Note: file is write protected
 >  > Loading emacspeak...
 >  > Loading cl-extra...done
 >  > Loading emacspeak-loaddefs (source)...
 >  > Note: file is write protected
 >  > Loading emacspeak-loaddefs (source)...done
 >  > Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/emacspeak/lisp/emacspeak-cus-load.el (source)...done
 >  > Loading /usr/libexec/emacs/21.3/i386-redhat-linux/fns-21.3.1.el (source)...done
 >  > Loading bytecomp...done
 >  > Loading byte-opt...done
 >  > Loading emacspeak...done
 >  > Loading voice-setup...done
 >  > Loading voice-setup...done
 >  > Loading replace...
 >  > ad-handle-definition: `occur-mode-goto-occurrence' got redefined
 >  > ad-handle-definition: `occur-next' got redefined
 >  > ad-handle-definition: `occur-prev' got redefined
 >  > Loading replace...done
 >  > Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/emacspeak/sounds/default-8k/define-theme.el (source)...done
 >  > Loading /home/kalyan/.emacspeak/.dictionary...done
 >  > Loading font-lock...
 >  > Loading regexp-opt...done
 >  > Loading font-lock...done
 >  > Loading edmacro...done
 >  > Loading vm-vars...done
 >  > Loading cl-seq...done
 >  > Loading vm-w3m (compiled; note, source file is newer)...done
 >  > Loading /home/kalyan/emacspeak.el (source)...done
 >  > Turned on auditory icons 
 > 
 > -- 
 > Tim Cross
 > tcross@xxxxxxxxxxx
 > 
 > There are two types of people in IT - those who do not manage what they 
 > understand and those who do not understand what they manage.

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