Re: no audio icons sound - SOLVED

[lsmithso@xxxxxxxxxxx]

The default setting for emacspeak-play-args is "-n", but this is an
invalid argument on the version of aplay installed on my new
box. (aplay: version 1.0.25 by Jaroslav Kysela
<perex@xxxxxxxxxxx>). Setting it to "-N" fixes it, and icons play
reliably without error.

lsmithso@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
 > 
 > It works,as in the icon plays, but it frequently crashes the TTS,
 > frequently enough to make it unusable.
 > 
 > I tried all the functions with the following results:
 > 
 > emacspeak-serve-auditory-icon - works, but crashes tts.
 > emacspeak-native-auditory-icon - doesn't work, says 'back to top
 > level'  whenever an icon was expected. 
 > emacspeak-queue-auditory-icon - doesn't work, but TTS pauses for 1-2
 > seconds when icon was expected. 
 > 
 > T. V. Raman writes:
 >  > I'm confused. You earlier said that switching the auditory icon
 >  > function to "serve" fixed the issue.
 >  > 
 >  > I'm trying to find out which of the functions (see customization
 >  > option emacspeak-auditory-icon-function ) work for your setting.
 >  > >>>>> "lsmithso" == lsmithso  <lsmithso@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
 >  >     lsmithso> T. V. Raman writes:
 >  >     >> 
 >  >     >> Could you check and follow-up with the following:
 >  >     >> 
 >  >     >> 1. What speech server you're using
 >  >     lsmithso> 
 >  >     lsmithso>  Oralux ibmviavoice
 >  >     >> 
 >  >     >> 2. Whic of the auditory-icon functions work vs dont work
 >  >     >> in that setting
 >  >     lsmithso> No auditory icons work at all.
 >  >     lsmithso> 
 >  >     >> 
 >  >     >> 3. Specify if you're using pulse or just pure alsa --
 >  >     >> using pulse == pulseaudio server is running
 >  >     lsmithso> 
 >  >     lsmithso>  Pulseaudio.
 >  >     lsmithso> 
 >  >     lsmithso>  If it makes a difference, I'm running on a 64-bit
 >  >     lsmithso> platform.
 >  >     lsmithso> 
 >  >     lsmithso>  BTW, (setq emacspeak-auditory-icon-function
 >  >     lsmithso> 'emacspeak-serve-auditory-icon) seems to frequently
 >  >     lsmithso> crash the TTS,so much so that I had to disable it.
 >  >     lsmithso>  
 >  >     >> 
 >  >     >>>>>> "lsmithso" == lsmithso <lsmithso@xxxxxxxxxxx>
 >  >     >>>>>> writes: >
 >  >     lsmithso> That worked! Thanks. > lsmithso> > >> Hello Les,
 >  >     >> >> 
 >  >     >> >> Assuming you have the appropriate variables set for >>
 >  >     >> emacspeak to use auditory icons, I remember on one >>
 >  >     >> occasion I had to change
 >  >     >> >> 
 >  >     >> >> (setq emacspeak-auditory-icon-function >>
 >  >     >> 'emacspeak-serve-auditory-icon)
 >  >     >> >> 
 >  >     >> >> before the icons would work. I think, from memory,
 >  >     >> there's >> a choice of about three values for this
 >  >     >> variable, some of >> which may not work.
 >  >     >> >> 
 >  >     >> >> HTH
 >  >     >> >> 
 >  >     >> >> Rob lsmithso@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
 >  >     >> >> 
 >  >     >> >> -- 
 >  >     >> >> Les Smithson
 >  >     >> >> 
 >  >     lsmithso> 
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 >  >     lsmithso> -- Les Smithson
 > 
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