Bug 81930 - app-accessibility/speechd-up - speech becomes split up when loading programs and files
Bug#: 81930 Product:  Gentoo Linux Version: unspecified Platform: x86
OS/Version: Linux Status: RESOLVED Severity: major Priority: P2
Resolution: FIXED Assigned To: williamh@gentoo.org Reported By: moralmike@lycos.co.uk
Component: Applications
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Summary: app-accessibility/speechd-up - speech becomes split up when loading programs and files
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Status Whiteboard: 
Opened: 2005-02-13 16:20 0000
Description:   Opened: 2005-02-13 16:20 0000 
I find that the speech output from speechd-up becomes split up when loading
programs, or loading files. It may split words in half, e.g. "starting" may
become "st arting". Times I notice this particularly are, when it first loads
in boot-up, loading cone, opening e-mails in cone, when using emerge and many
other situations. I use festival as the synthesiser, but I have tried it with
flite. I have checked it is not speakup by trying an apollo synthesiser and
speech seems to always be OK with that. I don't think it is speech-dispatcher
because if a word is split and there is an "st" on its own it says "street", so
the example above would be said as "street arting". 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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I do have BRLTTY running, but I think it was happening before I installed 
BRLTTY, is even noticeable before login.

------- Comment #1 From Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED) 2005-07-20 14:39:03 0000 ------- 
if youu use festival by itself (not though speechd-up), do you notice this
problem still?

------- Comment #2 From Mike 2005-07-21 03:47:03 0000 ------- 
This problem can be resolved by changing the priority of speechd-up by starting 
it with nice -n 5 /usr/bin/speechd_up which can be put in the start up script 
for speechd-up.

------- Comment #3 From Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED) 2005-07-21 13:28:54 0000 ------- 
do you mean -5?  I'll make an option for it in the conf.d file

------- Comment #4 From Vincent Poinot 2005-08-20 11:32:40 0000 ------- 
Created an attachment (id=66416) [details]
Launch speechd-up init script with nice -n -5

Nothing else changed in the ebuild itself.

------- Comment #5 From Vincent Poinot 2005-08-21 09:30:51 0000 ------- 
Created an attachment (id=66487) [details]
Same script as above: fixed header

Fixed wrong header...

------- Comment #6 From William Hubbs 2006-08-27 20:36:24 0000 ------- 
I have made the nice level configurable in 0.3-r1.
You can change it by editing /etc/conf.d/speechd-up after you upgrade.

Please comment to this bug and let me know if this does not work for you.

------- Comment #7 From William Hubbs 2006-08-27 20:41:01 0000 ------- 
I am going to go ahead and close this bug, but please do not hesitate to
re-open it if the problem continues.