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 Didier,

thanks for your answer. I will test that.

Regards

Dietmar

> didier@slint.fr schrieb am 06.03.25:

> Hello,

> On 04/03/2025 21:05, Dietmar Segbert wrote:
>> I don not know, where i can set alsa card 0 as default soundcard in alsa/
>> pipewire.

> I never used pipewire but I used to have in /etc/asound.conf this content
> defaults.pcm.card 0
> defaults.ctl.card 0

> But it happened that after a kernel upgrade the default card changed.
> What most users actually want is to use the PCH output, not an HDMI one,
> regardless of the card number.  To get there I just include in a file named
> /etc/speechd-up.conf this line:
> ALSA_CARD=PCH

> Then this fie is sourced by the script that starts speechd-up (attached).
> I do something similar for espeakup (script also attached)
> I assume that something similar could be done with systemd. "I assume" as I
> never configured systemd.

> Cheers,
> Didier