flite (speech synthesis program) produces no sound output if PulseAudio is enabled. Output to .wav works either way. You can sometimes hear a "click" as the audio device is opened, but that's all, volume controls have no effect. Disabling Pulseaudio allows proper function. (typing "flite -t "Say Something" ...says something via the speakers...) It appears flite is only OSS aware, but it should still work via the OSS emulation in pulseaudio IIRC... not sure where the disconnect is, but it's pretty common issue with older programs, if this simple case could be solved on the pulseaudio side, it would be a lot more compatible. (IIRC mythtv and numerous other apps also have similar issues, or did at one point) Mageia 2 (current as of 5 minutes ago) flite-1.3-1.mga2 pulseaudio-2.0-1.mga2 Using 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller driver. (will try it with the alternatives for giggles)
does that help ? http://superuser.com/questions/157907/pulseaudio-and-flite-in-fedora-10
Source RPM: (none) => flite
I tried that to no effect, plus tried installing/using ossp, no joy, although I have not tried messing with aoss yet due to simply turning pulseaudio off working as per usual. Pulseaudio is no loss, never has been IMHO. imply turning it off has fixed many issues over the years for many folks.
Keywords: (none) => TriagedCC: (none) => stormiAssignee: bugsquad => luis.daniel.lucio
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