yo, I cannot get Espeakup nor speechd-up to work on Pi5 reliably, kind of a sad day. Tried to set alsa to use my USB alsa card2 2, but no luck either. I even did running Pulse as a system service, no luck there either. Ugh. Linux, you foil me again. ChatGPT is claiming: "On modern Pi OS, the boot console is driven by the VC4 DRM‑framebuffer (fb0) rather than the old text VT. With the move to full KMS in Bullseye (Debian 11, October 30, 2021) and the removal of both legacy and fake-KMS stacks in Bookworm (Debian 12, mid‑2023), the screen is driven through the DRM/KMS pipeline—bypassing fbcon and leaving espeakup without any text to speak. " Of course, this turned out to be false, and I got it working. Using Libao to route Also to Pulse, and ensuring the module loads early was key. "printf 'speakup\nspeakup_soft\n' | sudo tee /etc/modules-load.d/speakup.conf" sudo update-initramfs -u # if you use an initramfs This forces the kernel to register /dev/softsynth at boot, ahead of any daemons Also edit or create /etc/libao.conf, adding "default_driver=pulse to it. By default, espeakup uses ALSA directly. To switch it to libao, add the --use-libao flag in its systemd unit " [Service]ExecStart= ExecStart=/usr/bin/espeakup --use-libao --default-voice=en-us+f2" - do a sudo systemctl daemon-reload after and you're good! I tried both speechd-up and BrLTTY with the Speech-D module - felt simpler, but neither would speak through Pulse, despite Orca working per-user, so there's that.
@xogium yeah, what's so odd is LightDM / Orca and speech dispatcher all work great through Pulse, the audio device switching module even works. Through Alsa it can if I force the device to #2 manually, but for sure baffled as regular speech-dispatcher is all good.
@xogium weird! it's just frozen with that one, blank output with nothin'. Systemctl can start it without any log errors. /dev/softsynth is there, owned by root, so clearly it's not a kernel compile thing, just so odd.
@xogium yay, it works! Since Espeak was giving me Alsa errors, I had to discard any input, avoid undefined capture slave, Plug wrapper around USB card 2 for playback, Route the global default through asymdefault, and Ensure mixer controls target card 2. Then it had speech. I suspect my actual issue was using pulse as a system service, thinking I could just bridge Alsa to Pulse and get the automatic soundcard switching, but guess not. But at least, it works on the USB card! :D
@xogium ahahaha, it's going to get even more fun when we throw pipewire into the mix, now some will only speak legacy Alsa, some Pulse, at least the Jack would be shared as common I think between pipewire / Pulse interfaces so perhaps it won't break Pulse apps as bad, but the low-level Alsa will still be there for legacy for quite awhile. Pulse's socket-based approach is a bit of its downfall too, since sockets can't be shared and Pulse takes device exclusivity. Haven't messed around with Pipewire to see if that bit has improved.
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Almost two years since I had my piano tuned, so thought it was time to rectify that. Here I'm playing a little melodic thing I came up with on-the-spot. The lid is open and the hammers are exposed. youtube.com/shorts/7IyH21VF-rg
It's been almost two years since my piano was last tuned, so I thought it was time to rectify this.Thanks to the amazing Paul from 'To The Tune Of Pianos' fo...
hehe i've really struggled for a long time with putting software out in public. Now I'm getting into hardware design, that old love's come rushing back.
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"I did not come here seeking wealth or running from poverty. In fact, I had a stable life back in my country, Yemen. I had a job, a house, a car, and everything I needed to live with dignity. What forced me to leave was not economic hardship, but persecution & fear for my safety & the safety of my family.
We refugees are not here to take advantage of the system. We are here to rebuild our lives, to work & to contribute" Asylum seeker in the Epping Hotel.
The Epstein scandal, long exploited by Trump and his allies to rally MAGA anger, is now backfiring as the public realizes it was a smokescreen for deeper abuses. As the GOP’s efforts to weaponize the case falter, the rage now turns on Trump for his failure to deliver. slate.com/news-and-p...
If people want to do something about the itch.io thing, a number of us engineers, artists, and community members are gathering together to plan for and build a real alternative that's genuinely resistant to this kind of censorship in a way centralized platforms with singular payment processor relationships simply can't be
Aplikace pro Android se dočkala vlny kritiky po zjištění, že je v plánu použít Google Play Integrity API, které by vyžadovalo stáhnutí přímo z Google Play (a tudíž vyžadovalo účet u Google), ale také neumožňovalo použití alternativních operačních systémů typu LineageOS, GrapheneOS a dalších.
to ne. Mně se líbí mít kapesní počítač pořád u sebe. Jen chci mít já pod kontrolou jaké aplikace a systém si tam pustím. Nechci aby to rozhodoval Google nebo Apple.
Tak tomu skoro bývalo. Byli uživatelé obyčejných MT a uživatelé kapesních počítačů, co náhodou uměly telefonovat, ať na nich běžel Symbian, PalmOS, Windows Mobile nebo v drobné míře Linux. Pak si holt někdo řek, že všechno a všichni budou konvergovat, aniž by k tomu většina lidí měla řádný důvod, a nakonec... jsme tu. @martin
"But Google Search was so goddamned magic – before they cynically destroyed it [...] The collapse of Google into a giant pile of shit is like giving every web user a traumatic brain injury."
I sometimes wonder if the reason many people are so amazed by AI is because they forgot how drop-dead good Google search used to be. And it's only been a few years since it was well and truly enshittified.
I love using you calendar app. But some times (there is no real pattern) it takes like forever to start it up. It feels like about 5 minutes waiting while I‘m beeing left with a white startup-window. Datavolume or firewall is not the problem. I‘d appreciate it if you could fix it (iOs 18.5).
Native Schannel TLS stack of #Windows was so unreliable it got axed from #curl: * Never worked reliably under real‑world loads. * Quirky, cumbersome API/architecture that broke integrations. * Zero developer interest—nobody tested or maintained it. * Pure maintenance drag with no real benefit.
So #Microsoft again shipped a built‑in that nobody uses, and projects ditch it entirely in favor of better third‑party alternatives.
I hope that by now most readers of my blog have understood that curl, and libcurl specifically, is an architecture with a transfer core with a set of different backends plugged in. Backends powered by different third party libraries.
Hi to all #history readers and lovers. I am developing a daily history puzzle with all of my heart. You have to guess a year with the help of 4 historical events. Afterwards you get interesting links to these events.
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I saw that you are relying on a screen reader. In case you find pitfalls, just message me about it. I try my best, but at the moment I can barely navigate with a screen reader, haha.
I hope that by now most readers of my blog have understood that curl, and libcurl specifically, is an architecture with a transfer core with a set of different backends plugged in. Backends powered by different third party libraries.
The opposite of AI slop reports is a detailed, well written and qualified report that takes many hours of mind-wrestling until we know what to do about it.
## Summary:
`curl_easy_getinfo` `CURLINFO_TLS_SSL_PTR` appears to return invalid `SSL` connection pointer for OpenSSL HTTP/3 connections. Using this `SSL` connection results in a crash, and...
And that multiple-hour effort not just for fixing it (that was comparatively easy) but "just" to understand the problem and correctly triage the impact! That's not only not-AI-slop, it's also basically the opposite of those mindless "you link to a library which has a function (you don't use) which on some extreme conditions might have a vulnerability; you must update the library NOW" automated scanners. Kudos for that!
@mana_z we don't give bounties to excellent reports no matter how good they are, we only give bounties to confirmed security vulnerabilities - and this was not one. Harry, who submitted this particular report, is still the number one receiver of curl bug-bounties over time.
Two prominent Israeli rights groups on Monday said their country is committing genocide in Gaza, the first time that local Jewish-led organizations have made such accusations against Israel during nearly 22 months of war. apnews.com/article/genocide-is…
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Sometimes we fix easy bugs, sometimes hard ones and sometimes we fix bugs that are older than you and can have a driver's license: bugs.debian.org/186085, opened in 2003, closed in 2004, and actually fixed in 2025! #debian #trixie #22YearsOldBug
*баян Не трогай людей после пятидесяти. Серьезно. Это не просто поколение – это отдельная форма выживания. Крепкие, как недельный хлеб, и быстрые, как бабушкины тапочки, летящие в твою сторону с точностью бумеранга. К пяти годам они уже читали настроение матери по звуку кастрюли на плите. В семь – имели ключ на шнурке и инструкцию: «Обед в холодильнике, разогрей, но не спали». В девять – варили борщ без рецепта, в десять – знали, как закрутить кран и убежать от соседского пса с ведром на голове. С утра до ночи на улице. Без телефонов. Вместо вай-фая – точный маршрут: турник, река, и домой в темноте с коленями, похожими на карту боевых действий. И однажды выжили. Колени латали слюной и листом подорожника. А как болело – то слышали: «Не оторвалось – значит, не болит». Ели хлеб с сахаром, пили воду из садового шланга – с таким микробиомом, которому позавидовал бы любой йогурт. Аллергии не было. А если и имели – то молчали. Знают пятнадцать способов выведения пятен от травы, смазки, крови, болота и чернил – потому что надо было прийти домой «чистым». И это еще не всё. Они прошли через: – транзисторное радио, – черно-белый телевизор, – проигрыватель для винил, – магнитофоны с катушками и кассетами, – CD-диски и дискмены, а теперь – держат тысячи песен в кармане… и скучают по треску кассеты, перемотанной карандашом. А получив водительское удостоверение, ехали на жигулях через всю страну – без гостиниц, кондиционера и GPS. Только дорожный атлас, где вся страна – на нескольких страницах. И доезжали. Без Google Translate. С улыбкой. И бутербродом с яйцом в багажнике. Это последнее поколение, помнящее мир без интернета, без связи, без постоянной тревоги за заряд батареи. Они знают разницу между стационарным телефоном и висевшим на шнуре в коридоре. У них были тетради с рецептами, а не приложения. А о днях рождения помнили сами. Или... не приходили. Это люди, которые: – ремонтируют все изоляционной лентой, скрепкой и плоскогубцами, — имели один канал по телевизору — и не скучали, – знали, что «листать» – это не лента, а телефонный справочник, – и верили: если не берешь трубку – значит, жив, перезвонишь. Они – другие. У них эмоциональный асбест, иммунитет из эпохи дефицита и рефлексы, отточенные на турнике. Последние настоящие ниндзя обыденности. Не трогай пятидесятилетнего. Он видел больше, прожил глубже и имеет в кармане мятные конфеты старше твоего ребенка. Он пережил детство без автокресла, без шлема и без солнцезащитного крема. Школу – без ноутбука. Молодость – без скролинга. И не ищет ответов у Google – потому что имеет инстинкт. И несмотря на все – у него больше воспоминаний, чем у тебя – фотографий в облаке. #баян
same here. as i age my desire to just quietly live life and not make ripples increases. im happy with computers, doggo/cattos/music. funny-absurd is amazing. its like so out there you can't help but chuckle. i made a shirt that says "my other computer is a.." it has a picture of usb thumb drive with whataborgor-like logo and a detective emoji. makes me laugh because its ridiculous.
Unboxing the Orbit Player tomorrow night starting at 7:30 PM Eastern. I will also have an audio stream for those who dislike YouTube. youtube.com/live/IIZk1ZdIzJA?f…
We're checking out the Orbit Reader from orbit research. https://www.orbitresearch.com/product/orbit-player-global-version/Enjoy the stream? Here's how you c...
Casey Reeves
in reply to Tamas G • • •GPT is spewing nonsense, as is usual.
The VT subsystem still exists, the screen's got nothing to do with what speakup is reading from, which are the /dev/vcsa* devices.
Casey Reeves
in reply to Casey Reeves • • •Tamas G
in reply to Casey Reeves • • •Casey Reeves
in reply to Tamas G • • •Hmm. And yeah, it's not exactly like espeakup is the most amazing and verbose software there is...
What happens if you try to launch it directly in the terminal, without the service running. Like, sudo espeakup -d ?
I'm doubtful it will even bother printing stuff, but who knows?
Tamas G
in reply to Casey Reeves • • •Casey Reeves
in reply to Tamas G • • •I'm pretty sure you tried already but... Does espeak gets to be heard if you try to run it with root via sudo ?
Like, sudo espeak "this is a test"
Does that even work?
Tamas G
in reply to Casey Reeves • • •Casey Reeves
in reply to Tamas G • • •Holy shit, that's completely messed up.
Audio on linux still sucks in 2025. Pathetic.
Tamas G
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