Hello, if the output of following command: cat /sys/accessibility/speakup/no_interrupt is just: 1 try this: echo 0 > /sys/accessibility/speakup/no_interrupt
Best, Didier On 20/05/2019 19:47, Terry D. Cudney wrote: > Hello, > > Yes, I have tried all key possibilities to interrupt speech, to no avail. > > Initially, I was using a standard 104-key ps-2 keyboard, but I have tried > a 104-key USB-connected keyboard and more recently on my Asus laptop withthe > integrated keyboard. The results are the same, no matter which keyboard was > being used. > > I might add, that these computer/keyboard combinations have worked > flawlessly with previous versions of the debian installer, running-debian and > with raspian on the Pie. > > The problem is only with more recent versions of speakup/espeakup, in the > debian installer and raspian. I don't know about speakup/espeakup in other > distributions. > > As I described in a previous post, I did the complete installation of > raspian on the pie (the installer is not needed there) and the behaviour > where key presses do not interrupt speakup/espeakup is the same. as > experienced in the debian installer. > > On a side note, I have spoken with Kirk Reiser, one of the original > developers of speakup. He informed me that this behaviour began at leat 1.5 > years ago. Kirk's experience is similar, but a bit different to mine. On his > machine speakup does respond to key presses, but the response is only after > an unacceptable delay. He, as a workaround, replaces the /usr/bin/espeakup > installed by the current debian release, with a copy of the /usr/bin/espeakup > from an older release. Doing this, speakup responds to keyboard input > immediately. > > From these observations it would seem that there was some change made to > the espeakup code 1.5-2 years ago that produces this unacceptable lag in, or > lack of, response to key presses. > > Samuel, can you ascertain what changed in the espeakup code about 1.5 to > 2 years ago, that could cause this? > > Thanks, > > --terry > > > > > On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 08:23:01AM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > --> Samuel Thibault, le lun. 20 mai 2019 08:20:26 +0200, a ecrit: > --> > Terry D. Cudney, le dim. 19 mai 2019 19:38:17 -0400, a ecrit: > --> > > Any observations/workarounds/solutions out there? > --> > > --> > As Didier asked: which keys do you use to try to interrupt speech? > --> > --> Ok, in another mail you answered, I then guess you tried all kinds of > --> keys. > --> > --> > Which kind of keyboard are you using, connected which way? > --> > --> This, however, could be important to answer. > --> > --> Samuel >
