Sam Hartman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi. I noticed that espeak as an emacspeak speech server is basically > unusable if you're using pulse, which is kind of the default > configuration in wheezy.
I have just tested this. Whether or not the patch is applied (i.e., before and after upgrading to the package recently uploaded to Sid), the speech output breaks up into fragmentary syllables and takes a long time to catch up whenever it is interrupted. This did not occur under Alsa in the absence of Pulse. To reproduce, start Emacspeak with the Espeak speech server and note that the startup messages are garbled. Then, read a line of text without interrupting the speech (C-n and C-p in the buffer for example). This should speak the entire line correctly. To reproduce the issue, try moving up and down through lines of text quickly. The speech should be cancelled as soon as a key is typed, but instead we hear fragments of text for a number of seconds thereafter. I'm using a straightforward USB audio headset for this test. I normally run Emacspeak with the DECTalk Express so I haven't used the Espeak server a lot. When I last looked at it, I noticed that in the Espeak pulse driver the code to flush the buffer was commented out - it obviously could be related. I think I'm describing a separate bug; I can submit a report if you wish. My suggestion: if anyone can reproduce this it can be sent upstream. I'm also in a position to run gdb on it if there's anything you would like me to check further. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
