Orca does not speak

[Rob Whyte]

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" <jdashiel at panix.com>
> To: "Glenn / Lenny" <gervin at cableone.net>; 
> <ubuntu-accessibility at 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 <gervin at cableone.net>
>> To: ubuntu-accessibility at 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.
>>