From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id C80481EF742; Thu, 31 Dec 2015 09:40:29 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailbackend.panix.com (mailbackend.panix.com [166.84.1.89]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 61B161EF236 for ; Thu, 31 Dec 2015 09:40:28 -0500 (EST) Received: from panix1.panix.com (panix1.panix.com [166.84.1.1]) by mailbackend.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AAD317B1B for ; Thu, 31 Dec 2015 09:40:25 -0500 (EST) Received: by panix1.panix.com (Postfix, from userid 20712) id 5AE8C14B9A; Thu, 31 Dec 2015 09:40:25 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by panix1.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5702014B7F for ; Thu, 31 Dec 2015 09:40:25 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 09:40:25 -0500 (EST) From: Jude DaShiell To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Getting speakup to run on debian In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <558A5D8D.20209@gmail.com> <3616.1451565179@ccs.covici.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (NEB 23 2013-08-11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed 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 14:40:29 -0000 Please type modprobe speakup_soft and then type espeakup and let us know what happens after that gets done. On Thu, 31 Dec 2015, Steve Matzura wrote: > Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 08:09:19 > From: Steve Matzura > Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: Getting speakup to run on debian > > Right. I tried installing the espeakup package and apt-get couldn't > find it. I suspect I have a source problem in /etc/apt/sources.list. I > suspect I should have been able to get it from the DVD distro, but > darned if I know how to do that! I also made what apparently turned > out to be an invalid assumption that, if the install talked, the > system should, or could be made to easily. > > On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 07:32:59 -0500, you wrote: > >> You need a speech synthesizer, and that is not part of speakup. You >> either need espeakup, or speechd-up and speech dispatcher, which has >> worked great for me, although I mostly use hardware speech. >> >> Steve Matzura wrote: >> >>> 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 --