Congratulations to speakup developers and arch architects

[Christopher Brannon]

Steve Holmes <steve at holmesgrown.com> writes:

> My only observation is that the audio was rather low.  I
> could barely hear the speech output.  Fortunately, I could alsamixer
> to turn the volume way up so I could hear better.  That was for
> headphone usage.  The speaker was turned way down.  So if I didn't
> have any headphones plugged in, I would have concluded that speech
> wasn't working.

The speaker volume is a known issue.  If I recall correctly, Speaker
isn't even being unmuted in the current editio
n.  That'll be fixed.

There are two distinct complaints about volume.  One group says that it
is too high, while the other says that it is too low.
In the end, I'll probably just set all volumes to 95%.  People can lower
them, if necessary.  In fact, it's really easy to change espeakup's
volume, using the keystrokes speakup+1 and speakup+2 (I.E., the standard
keys, not the numpad keys).  This method sets espeakup's volume,
independently of all other audio on the system.

-- Chris