#5769 BLOC Never A: Espeak speech synth does not work because it requires OSS emulation in Alsa that is not configured by default. Espeak is required for the screen-reader project.

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#5769: Espeak speech synth does not work because it requires OSS emulation in Alsa
that is not configured by default.  Espeak is required for the screen-
reader project.
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 Reporter:  dking                      |       Owner:  dilinger      
     Type:  defect                     |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  blocker                    |   Milestone:  Never Assigned
Component:  kernel                     |     Version:  Build 650     
 Keywords:  espeak oss emulation alsa  |    Verified:  1             
 Blocking:                             |   Blockedby:                
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 Preamble:
 Speech synths like espeak require OSS emulation support to be able to
 detect and use the /dev/dsp device that many other accessability based
 audio applications require to be usable.

 Description:
 By default this device is not viewable because Alsa is not configured to
 emulate oss devices by default.

 Fix:
 This can be fixed by simply configuring ALLSA to emulate OSS devices and
 the loading the correct modules on boot:

 snd-mixer-oss
 snd-seq-oss
 snd-pcm-oss


 Blocking:
 This is currently blocking my attempts to help the screen reader project.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5769>
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