[orca-list] Problem with speech-dispatcher and orca

[Steve Holmes]

I've had problems like that in the past and that's why I set up
speech-dispatcher to run as a central system service on my machine.  I
know, that is not the latest rage but you know what? my method works
all the time and I am not having those problems now.  I also used the
kludge fixes to keep pulse out of the way and again, my system seems
more stable because I've done so.  I just got sick and tired of the
instability of pulse audio.

On Sat, Oct 01, 2011 at 07:16:51PM +0100, Michael Whapples wrote:
> Hello,
> I am not sure if this is an orca or speech-dispatcher issue, so that
> is why I am posting to both lists.
> 
> The problem is, there are occasions when speech-dispatcher seems to
> be left running and then later starts of orca will not come up
> speaking. Here is what I am doing which I think always reproduces
> the issue.
> 
> 1. Start gnome using startx.
> 2. Start orca (if not set to have orca start automatically, I have
> orca start automatically).
> 3. Logout of gnome (IE. logout, so it goes back to the text
> console). When doing this do not stop/quit orca before doing it,
> assume you are a user who needs orca to find logout.
> 4. Restart gnome with startx.
> 5. Start orca (again if not set to have orca start automatically).
> 
> Expected: the second start of orca you expect orca will speak
> Actual: The second start of orca it does not speak (Braille is still
> working).
> 
> Temporary work around: From a gnome-terminal type "killall
> speech-dispatcher" and orca will start speaking.
> 
> It seems like logging out of gnome speech-dispatcher is not stopped
> properly and the new log in does not let orca connect to the
> existing speech-dispatcher.
> 
> I do not know if this is an issue that orca is not releasing
> speech-dispatcher properly, or whether it is something
> speech-dispatcher is not doing properly. I possibly would say even
> if it is an orca issue, might it be worth speech-dispatcher
> protecting against applications not stopping use of
> speech-dispatcher properly, and so possibly stopping other clients
> on the system from speaking.
> 
> I understand speech-dispatcher on my system is using the launch
> speech-dispatcher on request and so is per user. Also my system uses
> pulseaudio (as gnome 3 seems to force one into using it).
> 
> Michael Whapples
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