Well I did a purge as suggested and reinstalled orca, I had also purge
removed speech-dispatcher and python3-speechd.
After reinstalling orca, it seems that orca installed speech-dispatcher and
python3-speechd.
I had a bit of hope when I rebooted into the Mate desktop, I heard orca say
screenreader on.
But then it went silent again.
Almost as if there is some process in the Mate desktop blocking orca.
I still have audio, in an edit window, or terminal, I get the drip sound
when I can no longer backspace.
Again, thanks for any suggestions.
Glenn
----- Original Message -----
From: "john doe" <johndoe65534@mail.com>
To: <debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2025 2:11 AM
Subject: Re: spd-say and orca are silent
On 8/18/25 09:00, K0LNY ?? wrote:
Hello folks,
So I have Debian Bookworm and Orca is silent.
If I do
spd-say test
I hear nothing.
But if I do
sudo spd-say test
I hear espeak-ng speak.
I may have made the mistake of running spd-conf with sudo and selecting
system after I had trouble with no sudo and user configuration.
Does anyone have any ideas?
I did an apt reinstall of speech-dispatcher and a reinstall of orca, but
that did not fix the problem.
try to "purge" and re"install" `apt-get --autoremove purge <PKG>` and
see if it helps.