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<DIV><SPAN class=531392823-16052008><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am following the
directions in question number 4 of the Orca faq under the heading
titled:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531392823-16052008><FONT face=Arial size=2>>How do I get
Orca to speak alongside other ALSA applications?<BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531392823-16052008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Apt-get says that
alsa-oss is already installed and the newest version. This is Hardy, installed
from the live CD choosing mostly defaults. Orca worked fine, but other media
players were silent when orca was running.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531392823-16052008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531392823-16052008><FONT face=Arial size=2>I easily locate and
edit the file GNOME_Speech_SynthesisDriver_Espeak.server.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531392823-16052008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531392823-16052008><FONT face=Arial size=2>I change the third
line, as the FAQ instructs so it now reads:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531392823-16052008><FONT face=Arial size=2>type="exe"
location="/usr/bin/aoss /usr/bin/espeak-synthesis-driver"</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531392823-16052008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531392823-16052008><FONT face=Arial size=2>I save, shutdown
safely and restart.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531392823-16052008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531392823-16052008><FONT face=Arial size=2>This completely
breaks speech in Orca. However, I can run espeak on a command line in
gnome-terminal and get speech for example a simple ls | espeak works
fine.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531392823-16052008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531392823-16052008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does this
information in the FAQ no longer pertain to Hardy? I remember reading somewhere
that Hardy's sound drivers had drastically changed, but I can't locate the
information now.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531392823-16052008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531392823-16052008><FONT face=Arial
size=2>--Debee</FONT></SPAN></DIV><SPAN class=531392823-16052008><FONT>
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