jack audio backend

[Rui Batista]

Hi,

Jack audio Connection kit (http://www.jackaudio.org/) is yet another
sound server for linux and friends. Unlike pulseaudio it is well-suited
for realtime applications like recording and so one. I think it is the
defacto standard for linux   audio recording, production, and such
applications.

I've been using it for some music recording,  in conjunction with other
open source software. However I need at least two sound devices, one for
running  speech-dispatcher with pulseaudio and other for running jack
applications. There is a bridge between jack and pulseaudio (with output
modules for jack via pulseaudio) but I  couldn't put it to work without
lusing speech. Further more pulseaudio is running and waisting resources
just because of speech-dispatcher audio output.

My idea is to write an audio backend to speech-dispatcher communicate
directly with jack. This way I can not only use just one server and one
sound device, but also take advantage of jack routing capabilities, for
instance to record or process audio generated by speech-dispatcher.

I've writen some code but for now it isn't working yet, I'm on the way
to debug it.
Questions:
1. Is anyone interessted on contributing to this backend?
2. Are there any problems  that I'm not aware regarding interfacing with
jack? I don't think so but...

Regards,

Rui Batista