for those who want console speech in manjaro based distros

[Jude DaShiell]

For a test of espeak-ng with alsa built into it cleanly, a system would 
have to be completely innocent of pulseaudio.  If that was the case then 
test quality was high.

On Mon, 11 Jul 2016, Mark Peveto wrote:

> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 10:51:26
> From: Mark Peveto <southernprince73 at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: for those who want console speech in manjaro based distros
> 
>> From what I understand, it's just being developed.
>
>
> Mark Peveto
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>
> On Mon, 11 Jul 2016, Al Sten-Clanton wrote:
>
>> Never heard of fenrir.  Do you know where the info about it is?  Thanks!
>>
>> Al
>>
>>
>> On 7/11/2016 2:27 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
>>> pulseaudio is responsible for blocking signals that rightfully alsa
>>> ought to get.  This is why fenrir will be the official console speech
>>> app for sonar.  It wasn't possible to get brltty working correctly either.
>>>
>>> On Sun, 10 Jul 2016, Chris Brannon wrote:
>>>
>>>> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 00:43:59
>>>> From: Chris Brannon <chris at the-brannons.com>
>>>> Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>>> To: Mark Peveto <southernprince73 at gmail.com>
>>>> Cc: blinux <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: for those who want console speech in manjaro based distros
>>>>
>>>> Mark Peveto <southernprince73 at gmail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> sudo downgrade espeak
>>>>> That's right, the newer versions of espeak won't allow console speech
>>>>> to work.
>>>>
>>>> Hi Mark,
>>>> I saw this message and remembered that Manjaro and Sonar are using
>>>> espeak-ng, which is a fork of espeak.
>>>> One of the things that changed with espeak-ng is the way audio is
>>>> handled.  Actually, espeak-ng uses its very own audio library.
>>>> So I decided to take it for a spin tonight.
>>>> I built a custom copy of the emacspeak speech server and linked against
>>>> espeak-ng, using alsa for the audio.
>>>> It doesn't work.
>>>> I get messages like "file descriptor in bad state" when I try to make
>>>> it speak.
>>>> I haven't tried it with espeakup yet,
>>>> but it doesn't look promising.
>>>>
>>>> This really needs to be fixed.  I'll be delving more deeply into the
>>>> issue over the next week or so.
>>>>
>>>> -- Chris
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