From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 9171A1EF893; Thu, 31 Dec 2015 08:11:27 -0500 (EST) Received: from p3plsmtpa08-05.prod.phx3.secureserver.net (p3plsmtpa08-05.prod.phx3.secureserver.net [173.201.193.106]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DB1A41EF85E for ; Thu, 31 Dec 2015 08:10:41 -0500 (EST) Received: from village2.fios-router.home ([108.41.193.153]) by p3plsmtpa08-05.prod.phx3.secureserver.net with id 0DAf1s0073K2U5001DAgur; Thu, 31 Dec 2015 06:10:40 -0700 From: Steve Matzura To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Getting speakup to run on debian Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 08:10:41 -0500 Message-ID: <68aa8b97jpp6eonqmdp6pqcr1f94oeau00@4ax.com> References: <558A5D8D.20209@gmail.com> <059d01d143c8$a478b7b0$ed6a2710$@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <059d01d143c8$a478b7b0$ed6a2710$@gmail.com> User-Agent: ForteAgent/7.20.32.1218 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 13:11:29 -0000 Oh that's bizarre. And the Debian accessibility department says it should be good. Since my installation is just for testing, should I start again with 7 and try upgrading to 8? And if so, what's the recommended procedure for doing that without breaking espeakup or Speakup itself? On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 07:41:47 -0500, you wrote: >Hi, > >Speakup in Jessie installs seams to be a bit broken. I ownly ben able to= get it working buy installing wheezy and upgrading to Jessie. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Speakup [mailto:speakup-bounces@linux-speakup.org] On Behalf Of = Steve Matzura >Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2015 7:09 AM >To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. = >Subject: Re: Getting speakup to run on debian > >I just installed a fresh Jessie yesterday. The install was assisted by = Speakup, which I started at the install screen main menu by pressing = s. I was quite impressed with the way it all worked, with one = silly exception: There was a screen with 78 choices, one per line, and I = couldn't figure out how to scroll the screen backward to read the first = and second screens of choices, so I just went with the default choice, = which turned out to be the correct one for me for the question being = asked. Very impressive. No Orca, no forms, just straight CLI. I love CLI. > >Now then, the system is up and running, there's no desktop, I boot = directly to the login prompt, and now I want to get Speakup working on = the console terminals. Someone named Samuel from Debian accessibility = told me I should install the espeakup package, but apt-get can't find it.= What'd I do wrong? And why would I even need to be doing this since = obviously Speakup is included in the install, you'd think, or at least I = did, that it would already exist on the system and be able to be run. > >Thanks in advance for any and all assistance and advice. >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@linux-speakup.org >http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@linux-speakup.org >http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup