Control: tags -1 moreinfo Hi Mika Hanhijärvi,
On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 9:39 AM, Mika Hanhijärvi <mik...@gmail.com> wrote: > Package: pulseaudio > Version: 10.0-1 > Severity: grave > > Hi > > I am sorry that I repport this so close to release of Stretch. > > I am not really sure to which package I should report this bug. I am not > 100% > sure if this g is in Pulseaudio, speech-eispatcher or someething else. I > think > it might be a problem with Pulseaudio. > > I am blind so I have to use computer using the screen reader. So it is > important for me that screen reader works relealibly. > 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. > > I am using the Gnome desktop. > I have espeakup and Orca installed. I would like to use espeakup on > console and > Orca on desktop. I also would like to be able to switch between text mode > console and graphical nome desktop without logging out from the desktop. > Currently that does not work. I have two laptops and both have this > problem. > Note that I have not made clean Stretch installation, Ihave upgraded my > systems > to Stretch. > > > For some reason if espeakup sppeaks something when the computer is booting > then > screen reader does not speak anytging on GDM login screen. If that happens > then > screen reader also does not speak at all on desktop. This makes it > impossible > for me to login to desktop or use the deshtop. I have noticed that if I go > to > text console then eseakup speaks just fin. > > If espeakup does not speak anytging then screen reader speaks on GDM login > screen. If I go to text console then espeakup does not speak at all. If I > login > to desktop then Orca screen reader speaks just fine. If I login to desktop > then > this also happens: If I switch from desktop to GDM login screen thusing the > ctrl + alt + f1 then screen reader does not speak on GDM login screen at > all. > If I then return to desktop then Orca screen reader on desktop speaks again > just fine. If I switch form desktop to text console using e.g ctrl + alt + > f3 > then espeakup does not speak at all on console. If I then switch back to > desktothen Orca speaks again on desktop just fine. > > > If I logout from desktop to gdm login screen then screen reader speaks on > gdm > login screen. > So it seems that the sc reader works just on one of the following views: > console, gdm or desktop. It is not possible to switch between those. That > is > not good. > 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. Some information that would be useful: 1. Is your user part of the audio group? 2. Does any of the programs that actually play the sound run as root or a user that is in the audio group? 3. Please attach the output of `lsof /dev/snd/*` for each of the problematic states (this should answer question 2). -- Saludos, Felipe Sateler