Re: Ibm ViaVoice.

[Alessandro Rubini <rubini prosa it>]

> [...] The only problem is that it blocks /dev/audio device [...]

/dev/audio is a single-open device, so any program that keeps it open
prevents other programs to use it. I personally see no valid reasons
why /dev/audio (or any device, in general) should be single-open, but
not every developer agrees with me (think, for example, of two
programs playing audio at the same time).

Given the fact that /dev/audio is single-open, any program that plays
audio should close the device after playing. If outloud doesn't close
the device after use, it should be fixed (however, sometimes there are
valid reasons why a program doesn't close /dev/audio).

/alessandro