[orca-list] Orca + Wireless Headphones? Audio forces through internal speaker. :(

[Matt - Envrin Group]

Yes, thank you all, and got it figured thanks to Luke's help.
Modifying the pulseaudio settings a bit was all I needed.

Awesome!  I have no cords now, and don't have to worry about the
alptop.  Just Throw the laptop in a corner somewhere, and all I need
is my headphones on and carry my wireless keyboard around.  Can work
in the yard, kitchen, bedroom, office, whereever I want and only have
to carry my keyboard with me.

See, there's benefits to being blind.  Don't have to worry about that
pesky screen anymore. :-)

This is great!  Thanks again everyone, playing with pulseaudio
settings was all that's needed.

Matt







On 7/25/18, Didier Spaier <didier at slint.fr> wrote:
> ... And as Luke answered in the Speechd mailing list, this is managed
> then by whatever audio output is set in Speech-Dispatcher's
> configuration, preferably pulseaudio in this case.
>
> To check, and unlike you changed the default configuration for audio
> output with the spd-conf command, type:
> grep AudioOutputMethod /etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf
>
> If pulse is not used, yiu can set it so using spd-cpnf or (assuming you
> are the only user of the laptop) edit this file to have;
> AudioOutputMethod "pulse"
> This will work if your speech-dispatcher has been compiled with support
> for pulse. Telling which distribution and version you use could help
> find out that.
>
> Didier
>
> On 07/26/2018 04:19 AM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
>> Orca sends things strings to be spoken directly to speech-dispatcher and
>> lets speech-dispatcher manage everything.
>>
>> --joanie
>>
>> On 07/25/2018 09:31 PM, Matt - Envrin Group via orca-list wrote:
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> Hope there's some active and knowledgeable users on this list.
>>> Quickly, went blind about 20 months, and am running the latest version
>>> of Linux Mint MATE.  Orca is awesome, and thank you very much to the
>>> developers, as it's now obviously an important part of my life.
>>>
>>> Quick problem though.  I recently picked up a bluetooth keyboard and
>>> headphones, and got the headphones working fine.  All audio is going
>>> through the headphones, except Orca screen reader.  Orca is still
>>> forcing the audio through the internal speaker, hence my other
>>> headphones I have plugged into the laptop.
>>>
>>> Since all other audio is going through the wireless headphones, I'm
>>> assuming this must be an Orca issue?  However, there's nothing in the
>>> Orca settings that allows me to choose an audio output device.
>>>
>>> Any known fixes or solutions?  Since I'm blind and have no need for
>>> the screen anymore, and work 16 hours/day behind the computer, it
>>> would be awesome to get this working.  Then I can just put my laptop
>>> in a corner somewhere, and wander around where ever with my headphones
>>> on and wireless keyboard and work just fine.
>>>
>>> If there is no current fix, I'm a pretty decent developer myself.  Any
>>> tips on where in the Orca code I'd be looking at, and whatever tips /
>>> directions on what I'd be looking to modify would be great.  I can
>>> generally figure out problems as needed one way or another.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> Matt
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