Re: making espeakup and orca run on the mate desktop so I can switch between the console and the desktop

["Dietmar Segbert" <trebges@web.de>]

Hello,

i have setup my old Edge E130 with Debian Bookworm and Mate Desktop.

I can use console and orca with speech-dispatcher with Voxin ibmtts/Anna
Kompakt Embeded.

I have installed "speechd-up". I have a "asound.conf" in /etc/. In
speech.conf i have configured alsa as sound-output.

I use Anna kompakt on the console and ibmtts under orca.

If i want to adjuste mixer-settings, i must use amixer -c0 set "Master"
90%  or ...

I don not know, where i can set alsa card 0 as default soundcard in alsa/
pipewire.

And wehn i use speechd-up/speech-dispatcher The "Volume" keys windows+1(2)
wil talk "vol 1, vol 2 ...", but there is no effeckt in the volume of the
speech-output.

Regards and sorry for my english

Dietmar

> nick@nickgawronski.com schrieb am 04.03.25:

> Hi, This laptop only has software speech so using a hardware device for
> speech is not possible.  How do I configure both speakup and orca to use
> speech-dispatcher and remove espeakup and would this fix the issue?  Nick
> Gawronski

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>
> Date: Monday, March 03, 2025 01:56 PM
> To: K0LNY ?? <glenn@ervin.email>
> CC: Sebastian Humenda <shumenda@gmx.de>;debian-accessibility@lists.debian.or
> g Subject: Re: making espeakup and orca run on the mate desktop so I can
> switch between the console and the desktop

> K0LNY wrote:
>> Can he set espeakup to use an old external synth, and if so, will it fix
>> this issue?

> Yes, since that'll avoid using the sound board of the computer.

> Samuel