Re: ttsynth and alsa_1.0.16, clipped speech

[Tim Cross <tcross@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe this is a bug in alsa 1.0.16. The extent to which you are
impacted appears to depend on your sound hardware. My box with SB Live is
only slightly affected, but the box with a SB Audigy 4 card is highly
impacted and at times nearly unusable. 

If you find it really bad, downgrade to the earlier version. Otherwise,
hang in and wait for the fix!

Tim


> I just got automatically upgraded to alsa-1.0.16 and the speech from
> ttsynth has degraded a bit.  I think the first phonym in utterances is
> being clipped.  e.g. when reading a character at a time, it's hard to
> hear the differences between a "c" and a "d".  
> Has anyone else noticed this and can tell whether it's a changed
> configuration or a more profound difference.
> thanks in advance
> Peter
> 
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