[BRLTTY] Espeakup vs Orca

[chrys87]

Howdy,

// Only caveat: I am aware that running pulseaudio system wide is 
discouraged including for security reasons.
Its not more or less a security problem like running ALSA what also runs 
"systemwide" by design.
If you are not on an remote machine/ thin client that would be not that 
big deal then. otherwise all users will hear your sound ;).

// Any advice to avoid that or at least increase security while doing it 
is very welcome.
don't worry as long your pulse instance is not reachable via network 
(default)  there is no big difference to ALSA for security stuff.
So don't stream with that instance to the network or make it available 
via network and everything is fine.

cheers chrys
Am 18.09.2017 um 20:21 schrieb Didier Spaier:

> Hello,
>
> Le 16/09/2017 à 12:19, Didier Spaier a écrit :
>> Well, actually having started espeakup then stopped it with PrtScr I get
>> a braille output from orca, having started brltty with this command:
>> /bin/brltty -b tt -d /dev/tty12
>> but still no sound while on the desktop
>>
>> Maybe that's just a setting that I am missing?
> Progress report:
> If pulseaudio is started system-wide before espeakup, it works:
> - The system speaks to asks me my credentials.
> - Thle line is also displayed in tty12.
> - Then I can press PrtScr on the laptop to stop espeak and type startx.
> - I have speech on the desktop, also displayed on tty12
> - I can then switch to e.g. /dev/tty4 with PrtScr, log in again and have
>    speech. I still can toggle speakup on/off. All go also to tty12.
> - I can go back to the deskop with Ctrl+Alt+F7 keeping speech.
>
> Only caveat: I am aware that running pulseaudio system wide is
> discouraged including for security reasons. Any advice to avoid that or
> at least increase security while doing it is very welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Didier
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