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" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> 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. -- John Doe
