<div dir="ltr">Control: tags -1 moreinfo<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Hi Mika Hanhijärvi,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 9:39 AM, Mika Hanhijärvi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:miksuh@gmail.com" target="_blank">miksuh@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Package: pulseaudio<br>
Version: 10.0-1<br>
Severity: grave<br>
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Hi<br>
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I am sorry that I repport this so close to release of Stretch.<br>
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I am not really sure to which package I should report this bug. I am not 100%<br>
sure if this g is in Pulseaudio, speech-eispatcher or someething else. I think<br>
it might be a problem with Pulseaudio.<br>
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I am blind so I have to use computer using the screen reader. So it is<br>
important for me that screen reader works relealibly.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I am very much ignorant about how screen readers work. Could you describe a bit how the stack works please? In particular, what program is actually responsible for playing the synthesized speech to speakers, and how does it run? Also, the audio-related configuration (if any) of these programs would be useful.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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I am using the Gnome desktop.<br>
I have espeakup and Orca installed. I would like to use espeakup on console and<br>
Orca on desktop. I also would like to be able to switch between text mode<br>
console and graphical nome desktop without logging out from the desktop.<br>
Currently that does not work. I have two laptops and both have this problem.<br>
Note that I have not made clean Stretch installation, Ihave upgraded my systems<br>
to Stretch.<br>
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For some reason if espeakup sppeaks something when the computer is booting then<br>
screen reader does not speak anytging on GDM login screen. If that happens then<br>
screen reader also does not speak at all on desktop. This makes it impossible<br>
for me to login to desktop or use the deshtop. I have noticed that if I go to<br>
text console then eseakup speaks just fin.<br>
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If espeakup does not speak anytging then screen reader speaks on GDM login<br>
screen. If I go to text console then espeakup does not speak at all. If I login<br>
to desktop then Orca screen reader speaks just fine. If I login to desktop then<br>
this also happens: If I switch from desktop to GDM login screen thusing the<br>
ctrl + alt + f1 then screen reader does not speak on GDM login screen at all.<br>
If I then return to desktop then Orca screen reader on desktop speaks again<br>
just fine. If I switch form desktop to text console using e.g ctrl + alt + f3<br>
then espeakup does not speak at all on console. If I then switch back to<br>
desktothen Orca speaks again on desktop just fine.<br>
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If I logout from desktop to gdm login screen then screen reader speaks on gdm<br>
login screen. </blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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So it seems that the sc reader works just on one of the following views:<br>
console, gdm or desktop. It is not possible to switch between those. That is<br>
not good.<br></blockquote><div> </div><div>It sounds like the programs that play the speech to the speakers are grabbing the sound device and not letting it go - thus making it impossible for the alternative programs to actually play the sound.</div><div><br></div><div>Some information that would be useful:</div><div><br></div><div>1. Is your user part of the audio group?</div><div>2. Does any of the programs that actually play the sound run as root or a user that is in the audio group?</div><div>3. Please attach the output of `lsof /dev/snd/*` for each of the problematic states (this should answer question 2).</div></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><br>Saludos,<br>Felipe Sateler</div>
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