understood. There is probably a way to tell it not to cache audio it is playing -- but that might need to be done in the call to the audio layer within the speech server. Personally, I've managed to keep my world pulse-free and have been happier for it. >>>>> "Janina" == Janina Sajka <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Janina> Yes, I've heard it's supposed to be a feature, but Janina> I've never seen the use case. And, it's a show Janina> stopper for the Speakup use case. Janina> Janina> T. V. Raman writes: >> >> I understnad the pause/resume - that is supposed to be a >> "feature" of pulseaudio:-) >> >> >>>>> "Janina" == Janina Sajka <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> writes: Janina> I'm not sure you understood what I'm saying. If you Janina> login on a couple consoles, say F1 and F2, Then on F1 Janina> you do something like mplayer somefile.wav, then do Janina> Alt-F2, the mplayer process stops playing. When you Janina> go back to Alt-F1 it resumes, just where it had been Janina> interrupted. Janina> Janina> So, same permissions. Janina> Janina> Janina> Yes, I suppose the root access problem might be Janina> managed with permissions, but it should also work Janina> over ssh, and doesn't. Janina> Janina> T. V. Raman writes: >> >> >> >> I suspect you can fix that permission issue by adding >> >> yourself to the right group -- it's also a safe guess >> that >> you're losing perms to the pulseaudio devices when >> you're >> not at the console. >> >> >> >> >>>>> "Janina" == Janina Sajka <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> writes: Janina> Tim Cross writes: >> >> >> >> >> >> Personally, I find it necessary to build espeak from >> >> the >> dev sources and modify the espeak makefile so >> that >> it >> links against pulseaudio rather than >> protaudio. The >> >> default debian/ubuntu build is linked >> against >> portaudio, >> which I find makes espeak more >> sluggish and >> unresponsive >> than necessary. Others >> have reported never >> geting >> pulsaudio working >> reliably and I seem to be >> alone in this, >> but it >> works really well for me (I now >> use pulsaudio for >> >> ViaVoice outlouad as well and no >> longer require any >> >> .asoundrc file). >> >> >> Janina> Interesting. I can see how this could work for Janina> Emacspeak users just as it does for Orca. Janina> Janina> Janina> Unfortunately, for those of us who also use Speakup, Janina> pulse audio isn't an option inasmuch as it truncates Janina> audio output as soon as one switches consoles, Janina> e.g. Alt-F2. Janina> Janina> Janina> It's actually quite quaint in how it resumes playing Janina> the stream exactly where it was interrupted when you Janina> return to the original console. Janina> Janina> But there's another reason why I don't see pulseaudio Janina> being acceptable as an adequate solution, namely that Janina> it denies audio device access to root. Go Janina> figure. /dev/vcs* isn't denied to root, but audio Janina> is. May you never see the dreaded "Give root password Janina> for system maintenance." Janina> Janina> Janina> Janina Janina> Janina> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Janina> To unsubscribe from the emacspeak list or change your Janina> address on the emacspeak list send mail to Janina> "emacspeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxx" with a subject of Janina> "unsubscribe" or "help". >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Best Regards, --raman Janina> Janina> -- Janina> Janina> Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 Janina> sip:janina@xxxxxxxxxxx Janina> Janina> Chair, Open Accessibility janina@xxxxxxxxxxx Linux Janina> Foundation http://a11y.org Janina> Janina> Chair, Protocols & Formats Web Accessibility Janina> Initiative http://www.w3.org/wai/pf World Wide Web Janina> Consortium (W3C) >> >> -- >> Best Regards, --raman Janina> Janina> -- Janina> Janina> Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 Janina> sip:janina@xxxxxxxxxxx Janina> Janina> Chair, Open Accessibility janina@xxxxxxxxxxx Linux Janina> Foundation http://a11y.org Janina> Janina> Chair, Protocols & Formats Web Accessibility Janina> Initiative http://www.w3.org/wai/pf World Wide Web Janina> Consortium (W3C) Janina> Janina> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Janina> To unsubscribe from the emacspeak list or change your Janina> address on the emacspeak list send mail to Janina> "emacspeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxx" with a subject of Janina> "unsubscribe" or "help". -- Best Regards, --raman ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the emacspeak list or change your address on the emacspeak list send mail to "emacspeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxx" with a subject of "unsubscribe" or "help".
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