Ubuntu-accessibility Digest, Vol 129, Issue 7

[Glenn / Lenny]

Since the wired speakers did not work in the speaker test, but the bluetooth 
one did, I ran:
alsactl store
as suggested, but after rebooting, Orca sounded like another language and 
English mixed, like part of words were Swedish or something, so I went in 
and tweaked the Orca settings to American English and rebooted, but now, I 
have no speech at all, but I hear the speakers pop as usual on startup and a 
slight speaker hiss, but I just cannot get any audio from Orca.
I don't know if it is running or not.
I ran orca, and that did not help.
I ran as root:
espeak "hello"
which usually works, but does not now.
Speaker-test -c 2
does not do anything either.
The bluetooth speaker acts like it is paired, as it beeps after powering up, 
indicating it paired.
The speaker pops and hiss come from the wired speaker.
Is there something I can do to get Orca talking again?
Thanks.

Glenn
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ubuntu-accessibility-request at lists.ubuntu.com>

> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 10:44:27
> From: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com>
> To: Glenn / Lenny <gervin at cableone.net>, 
> ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: making a bluetooth speaker work
>
> That's a pulseaudio/alsa problem depending on what you have on your 
> system.
> So pactl or alsamixer will be an intermediate tool for you to use to 
> adjust
> output.  A primary command to run for output is aplay -l since that will 
> tell
> you about all available devices.  What I would do is first shut the 
> bluetooth
> speaker off and run aplay -l and check output.  Then turn on bluetooth
> speaker and make sure bluetooth speaker is paired and run aplay -l again.
> See if the output is any different. If so, you probably know which speaker 
> to
> set as the default.  Next, study pactl (good luck figuring out their
> terminology) and learn how to use that if you have pulseaudio installed on
> your system.  If not, you don't have to deal with pactl or pacmd.  Next 
> study
> alsamixer and if you don't have pulseaudio installed, adjust your speaker
> with alsamixer and test with speakertest once adjusted with connected
> speakers attached and on.  If the connected speakers are silent but your
> bluetooth speaker runs then run alsactl store as root and then reboot and 
> if
> all works well, your problem is solved.
>
> On Thu, 17 Nov 2016, Glenn / Lenny wrote:
>
>> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 00:42:12
>> From: Glenn / Lenny <gervin at cableone.net>
>> To: ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Subject: making a bluetooth speaker work
>>
>> Hi,
>> I am running Ubuntu 16.04 on an Intel NUC PPYH.
>> I have been using a regular speaker on it, but I want to use an Anker
>> pocket Bluetooth Speaker.
>> I got it found and configured from the Bluetooth manager, and in sound in
>> control center, I can test it fine.
>> But I cannot get system sounds or Orca to speak from it, the audio only
>> comes through connected speaker.
>> So how does one get it to default to the bluetooth speaker?
>> As mentioned, it works, as the left and right test sounds come from it, 
>> but
>> that is the only thing I can get it to do so far.
>> Thanks for any assistance.
>> Glenn
>
>

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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 11:13:09 -0600
From: "Glenn / Lenny" <gervin at cableone.net>
To: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel at panix.com>,
<ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com>
Subject: Re: making a bluetooth speaker work
Message-ID: <9DF22249A7C54017A710350F8CB86F0F at LennyAcer5720>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

Hi,
For Juan, I did not have pacucontrol installed, so I installed it.
It was easy enough to get around with Orca, but I could only read the name
of the bluetooth speaker with the review controls, the actual cursor would
never let me navigate to it to control it.
Jude, I ran alsamixer, and it seemed unusable with Orca.
When I do aplay -l
I get a list, but bluetooth speaker on or off, there is no change, and it
does not show up in the list.

On another note, I did:
speaker-test -c 2
and the bluetooth speaker did the speaker test, but not the wired speaker
that Orca runs through.
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, November 18, 2016 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: making a bluetooth speaker work


That's a pulseaudio/alsa problem depending on what you have on your
system.  So pactl or alsamixer will be an intermediate tool for you to
use to adjust output.  A primary command to run for output is aplay -l
since that will tell you about all available devices.  What I would do
is first shut the bluetooth speaker off and run aplay -l and check
output.  Then turn on bluetooth speaker and make sure bluetooth speaker
is paired and run aplay -l again.  See if the output is any different.
If so, you probably know which speaker to set as the default.  Next,
study pactl (good luck figuring out their terminology) and learn how to
use that if you have pulseaudio installed on your system.  If not, you
don't have to deal with pactl or pacmd.  Next study alsamixer and if you
don't have pulseaudio installed, adjust your speaker with alsamixer and
test with speakertest once adjusted with connected speakers attached and
on.  If the connected speakers are silent but your bluetooth speaker
runs then run alsactl store as root and then reboot and if all works
well, your problem is solved.

On Thu, 17 Nov 2016, Glenn / Lenny wrote:

> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 00:42:12
> From: Glenn / Lenny <gervin at cableone.net>
> To: ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: making a bluetooth speaker work
>
> Hi,
> I am running Ubuntu 16.04 on an Intel NUC PPYH.
> I have been using a regular speaker on it, but I want to use an Anker
> pocket Bluetooth Speaker.
> I got it found and configured from the Bluetooth manager, and in sound in
> control center, I can test it fine.
> But I cannot get system sounds or Orca to speak from it, the audio only
> comes through connected speaker.
> So how does one get it to default to the bluetooth speaker?
> As mentioned, it works, as the left and right test sounds come from it,
> but that is the only thing I can get it to do so far.
> Thanks for any assistance.
> Glenn

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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 12:42:48 -0500 (EST)
From: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com>
To: Glenn / Lenny <gervin at cableone.net>,
ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: making a bluetooth speaker work
Message-ID: <alpine.NEB.2.20.1611181240450.23525 at panix1.panix.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed

My suggestion then would be to install pacmd and run that in a console
once you learn how to use it and see if you can change to c2 using pacmd
as root, then run alsactl store as root and see if that works.

On Fri, 18 Nov 2016, Glenn / Lenny wrote:

> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 12:13:09
> From: Glenn / Lenny <gervin at cableone.net>
> To: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com>, 
> ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: making a bluetooth speaker work
>
> Hi,
> For Juan, I did not have pacucontrol installed, so I installed it.
> It was easy enough to get around with Orca, but I could only read the name
> of the bluetooth speaker with the review controls, the actual cursor would
> never let me navigate to it to control it.
> Jude, I ran alsamixer, and it seemed unusable with Orca.
> When I do aplay -l
> I get a list, but bluetooth speaker on or off, there is no change, and it
> does not show up in the list.
>
> On another note, I did:
> speaker-test -c 2
> and the bluetooth speaker did the speaker test, but not the wired speaker
> that Orca runs through.
> 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, November 18, 2016 9:44 AM
> Subject: Re: making a bluetooth speaker work
>
>
> That's a pulseaudio/alsa problem depending on what you have on your
> system.  So pactl or alsamixer will be an intermediate tool for you to
> use to adjust output.  A primary command to run for output is aplay -l
> since that will tell you about all available devices.  What I would do
> is first shut the bluetooth speaker off and run aplay -l and check
> output.  Then turn on bluetooth speaker and make sure bluetooth speaker
> is paired and run aplay -l again.  See if the output is any different.
> If so, you probably know which speaker to set as the default.  Next,
> study pactl (good luck figuring out their terminology) and learn how to
> use that if you have pulseaudio installed on your system.  If not, you
> don't have to deal with pactl or pacmd.  Next study alsamixer and if you
> don't have pulseaudio installed, adjust your speaker with alsamixer and
> test with speakertest once adjusted with connected speakers attached and
> on.  If the connected speakers are silent but your bluetooth speaker
> runs then run alsactl store as root and then reboot and if all works
> well, your problem is solved.
>
> On Thu, 17 Nov 2016, Glenn / Lenny wrote:
>
>> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 00:42:12
>> From: Glenn / Lenny <gervin at cableone.net>
>> To: ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Subject: making a bluetooth speaker work
>>
>> Hi,
>> I am running Ubuntu 16.04 on an Intel NUC PPYH.
>> I have been using a regular speaker on it, but I want to use an Anker
>> pocket Bluetooth Speaker.
>> I got it found and configured from the Bluetooth manager, and in sound in
>> control center, I can test it fine.
>> But I cannot get system sounds or Orca to speak from it, the audio only
>> comes through connected speaker.
>> So how does one get it to default to the bluetooth speaker?
>> As mentioned, it works, as the left and right test sounds come from it,
>> but that is the only thing I can get it to do so far.
>> Thanks for any assistance.
>> Glenn
>
>

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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 12:37:00 -0600
From: "Glenn / Lenny" <gervin at cableone.net>
To: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel at panix.com>,
<ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com>
Subject: Re: making a bluetooth speaker work
Message-ID: <84E06DF8A2EB4FBBB9A75EF346FB8D03 at LennyAcer5720>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

I ran
pacmd
as root and it came back with:
home directory not accessible, permission denied
no pulseaudio deamon running or not running a session deamon.


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, November 18, 2016 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: making a bluetooth speaker work


My suggestion then would be to install pacmd and run that in a console
once you learn how to use it and see if you can change to c2 using pacmd
as root, then run alsactl store as root and see if that works.

On Fri, 18 Nov 2016, Glenn / Lenny wrote:

> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 12:13:09
> From: Glenn / Lenny <gervin at cableone.net>
> To: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com>,
> ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: making a bluetooth speaker work
>
> Hi,
> For Juan, I did not have pacucontrol installed, so I installed it.
> It was easy enough to get around with Orca, but I could only read the name
> of the bluetooth speaker with the review controls, the actual cursor would
> never let me navigate to it to control it.
> Jude, I ran alsamixer, and it seemed unusable with Orca.
> When I do aplay -l
> I get a list, but bluetooth speaker on or off, there is no change, and it
> does not show up in the list.
>
> On another note, I did:
> speaker-test -c 2
> and the bluetooth speaker did the speaker test, but not the wired speaker
> that Orca runs through.
> 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, November 18, 2016 9:44 AM
> Subject: Re: making a bluetooth speaker work
>
>
> That's a pulseaudio/alsa problem depending on what you have on your
> system.  So pactl or alsamixer will be an intermediate tool for you to
> use to adjust output.  A primary command to run for output is aplay -l
> since that will tell you about all available devices.  What I would do
> is first shut the bluetooth speaker off and run aplay -l and check
> output.  Then turn on bluetooth speaker and make sure bluetooth speaker
> is paired and run aplay -l again.  See if the output is any different.
> If so, you probably know which speaker to set as the default.  Next,
> study pactl (good luck figuring out their terminology) and learn how to
> use that if you have pulseaudio installed on your system.  If not, you
> don't have to deal with pactl or pacmd.  Next study alsamixer and if you
> don't have pulseaudio installed, adjust your speaker with alsamixer and
> test with speakertest once adjusted with connected speakers attached and
> on.  If the connected speakers are silent but your bluetooth speaker
> runs then run alsactl store as root and then reboot and if all works
> well, your problem is solved.
>
> On Thu, 17 Nov 2016, Glenn / Lenny wrote:
>
>> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 00:42:12
>> From: Glenn / Lenny <gervin at cableone.net>
>> To: ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Subject: making a bluetooth speaker work
>>
>> Hi,
>> I am running Ubuntu 16.04 on an Intel NUC PPYH.
>> I have been using a regular speaker on it, but I want to use an Anker
>> pocket Bluetooth Speaker.
>> I got it found and configured from the Bluetooth manager, and in sound in
>> control center, I can test it fine.
>> But I cannot get system sounds or Orca to speak from it, the audio only
>> comes through connected speaker.
>> So how does one get it to default to the bluetooth speaker?
>> As mentioned, it works, as the left and right test sounds come from it,
>> but that is the only thing I can get it to do so far.
>> Thanks for any assistance.
>> Glenn
>
>

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