No speech in totem using eSpeak w/ Orca
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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espeak (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
|
Luke Yelavich | ||
portaudio (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: espeak
If I am using eSpeak with Orca and launch Totem (with no media files open or playing), Orca will not speak the contents of anything (e.g. the menu items). If I am using DECTalk, however, Orca will.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Launch Orca and select eSpeak as your synthesizer
2. Launch Totem
3. Press Alt M to get into the Movie menu and use Up and Down Arrow to navigate
Expected results:
Orca would speak each item with focus.
Actual results:
Orca remains silent.
Notes:
1. Fonix DECTalk does not exhibit this issue.
2. I can only reproduce this problem on my laptop, which has exhibited similar resource issues/conflicts between TTS and other sounds. See bug #54975. Driver: ATI IXP AC97 controller. Product: IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller.
3. This is with the latest Orca from GNOME svn trunk, and eSpeak 1.19
On the Ubuntu- Accessibility- Devel list, it was suggested that I give PortAudio V19 a try. This does solve the problem for me.