Espeakup with Alsa

[Hermann]

On 21.06.2009 at 15:02:30 William Hubbs <w.d.hubbs at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Hermann,
>
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 11:21:47AM +0200, Hermann wrote:
>> One question: I've compiled Espeak with Alsa support, by replacing the
>> portaudio.h file with the portaudio19.h file instead of portaudio18.h.
>> Is there a need to compile Espeakup with the AUDIO=alsa parameter?
>
> Espeak is able to process audio itself using an audio library called
> portaudio.  Portaudio is a cross-platform sound library, which can be
> used at least on linux and windows.  On linux, portaudio 19.x supports
> alsa.  So, yes, espeak is using alsa, but indirectly through portaudio.
>
> The AUDIO=alsa parameter compiles a version of espeakup which does not
> use espeak to process audio.  Instead, it uses alsa directly.  Like it
> says in the README, this is in very early development, so I know there
> are issues.  If you want to experament with it, and in particular, if
> you can help fix the issues, feel free to use that parameter.
>
Have built Espeakup with Alsa support, and so far, there seem to be no
issues.
Is there anything special I should observe? What issues did ocur?
Hermann