Why not rm -rf ~/.local/share/orca and try again before messing with Pulse.
Pulse is designed to just work and it sounds like it is doing just that. You could rm -rf ~/.pulse as well if you wanted. Are you starting speech in consoles before any of this takes place subsequently? Rob On 06/08/16 12:41, Glenn / Lenny wrote: > Hi Jude, > Interesting... > How might I do this at a CLI with no speech? > If the commands are not too lengthy, I might succeed. > Glenn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdash...@panix.com> > To: "Glenn / Lenny" <ger...@cableone.net>; > <ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com> > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 8:56 PM > Subject: Re: Orca does not speak > > > Very probably a pulseaudio problem. Another list I read had a person > downgrade pulseaudio and all associated utilities and that's how he got > orca working again. That was on the sonargnulinux e-mail list too. > > On Fri, 5 Aug 2016, Glenn / Lenny wrote: > >> Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2016 21:33:51 >> From: Glenn / Lenny <ger...@cableone.net> >> To: ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com >> Subject: Orca does not speak >> >> Hi, >> I am using Ubuntu 16.04 64 on an Intel NUC PPYH with 8GB of RAM. >> I have run Ubuntu on this 15.1064 bit already, so this should work. >> I ran Orca on start up, and set up the voice like I usually do, but on >> okaying it, Orca shuts down, it says: >> screenreader off >> So I log out, and get the bongo sound, and bring up Orca in the log in >> window, and Orca stays on. >> This is a live version on an SD card with a persistent file. >> I have noticed, that when I log out, before the bongo sound, Orca says: >> screenreader off >> Then Orca comes on again for the log in window, and stays on. >> When I log back in, there is no speech. >> But that would indicate that Orca is working, but silent. >> Is there a way I can make Orca louder? >> If I do: >> control + alt + T >> and then type: >> sudo speaker-test -c 2 >> I get the speaker test >> and I end it with control + C >> So I know that my system is not muted and the volume is okay when I log >> in. >> I wonder if there is a problem with eSpeak? >> One difference I did between the speech settings in the log in window, and >> when I was in the desktop, was that I selected U.S. English in the synth >> list, instead of the standard English, which I left alone for the log-in >> window. >> Could this be a problem for eSpeak? >> If I need to change that back, can someone send me the number of tabs to >> get to the voice selection list? >> Or is there a command to setting Orca to its defaults? >> >> I sent this problem to the Orca list, but have heard nothing there. >> >> Thanks for any help. >> -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
