Not at all, you can use the software synthesizer.
For your information, I attach the script that manages the
espeakup daemon in Slint. I assume that there is systemd
service doing something similar in Arch.
--
Didier Spaier
Slint maintainer
http://slint.fr
On 9/11/18 12:21 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> With speakup, would one need a hardware synthesizer?
>
>> On Sep 10, 2018, at 2:44 PM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> So how would I handle the login greater? Maybe I could just do it how
>> I do it login with speakup and start i3 with startx. But then is orca
>> accessible to i3.
>>
>> On 9/10/18, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I save my speakup settings by calling a script /bin/setspeakup
>>> from within rc.local.
>>>
>>> This script contains lines such as:
>>>
>>> echo 6 > /speakup/soft/freq
>>> echo 7 > /speakup/soft/pitch
>>> echo 2 > /speakup/soft/vol
>>> echo 1 > /speakup/spell_delay
>>> echo 3 > /speakup/soft/rate
>>> echo 122 zee > /speakup/i18n/characters
>>> echo 90 ZEE > /speakup/i18n/characters
>>> chmod 666 /speakup/key_echo
>>>
>>>
>>> This gives me the slow default speakup voice during the initial part
>>> of the boot process, but changes to my preferred voice near the end.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 12:02:53PM -0400, Linux for blind general discussion
>>> wrote:
>>>> Hello I want to install arch on my laptop. I would like to use a
>>>> window manager rather than a full blown desktop because I'm limited on
>>>> space. I would also like to setup a accessible login prompt. I would
>>>> like to try my hand at i3. I tryed ratpoison and I could never get
>>>> firefox-esr sound to work. Also how do you save speakup settings
>>>> between reboots. It always resets my speech rate when using speakup.
>>>>
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#!/bin/sh
# Create '/dev/(soft)synth' if not present
(cd /dev
if [ ! -c /dev/softsynth ]; then
echo "Creating '/dev/softsynth'"
mknod softsynth c 10 26
fi
if [ ! -c /dev/synth ]; then
echo "Creating '/dev/synth'"
mknod synth c 10 25
fi
)
# Load the software synthesizer
echo "soft" > /sys/accessibility/speakup/synth
sleep 1
# Permissions
chmod 666 /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/*
echo 1 > /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/direct
[ "$LANG" = "" ] && . /etc/profile.d/lang.sh
if [ -f /etc/espeakup.conf ]; then
. /etc/espeakup.conf
[ ! "$rate" = "" ] && echo $rate > /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/rate
[ ! "$vol" = "" ] && echo $vol > /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/vol
[ ! "$pitch" = "" ] && echo $pitch > /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/pitch
if [ ! "$language" = "" ]; then
setlanguage="$language"
else
setlanguage=${LANG%_*}
fi
else
setlanguage=${LANG%_*}
fi
# Starts/stops/restarts espeakup
espeakup_start() {
if [ ! "`ps -C espeakup --noheaders|wc -l`" = "0" ]; then
echo "espeakup is already started."
espeakup_status
exit
fi
if [ -x /usr/bin/espeakup ]; then
echo "Starting espeakup"
/usr/bin/espeakup -V $setlanguage
else
echo "/usr/bin/espeakup not found or non executable"
fi
}
espeakup_stop() {
NBPROC="`ps -C espeakup --noheaders|wc -l`"
if [ ! "$NBPROC" = "0" ]; then
echo "Stopping espeakup..."
PID="`ps -C espeakup --noheaders -o pid`"
kill $PID
# Restore the defaults
echo 2 > /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/rate
echo 5 > /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/vol
echo 5 > /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/pitch
fi
}
espeakup_restart() {
espeakup_stop
sleep 2
espeakup_start
}
espeakup_status() {
NBPROC="`ps -C espeakup --noheaders|wc -l`"
if [ "$NBPROC" = "0" ]; then
echo "espeakup is not started"
elif [ "$NBPROC" = "1" ]; then
echo "An espeakup daemon is running, PID: `ps -C espeakup --no-headers -o pid`"
else
ps -C espeakup -o pid,args
fi
}
case "$1" in
start)
espeakup_start;;
stop)
espeakup_stop;;
restart)
espeakup_restart;;
status)
espeakup_status;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}";;
esac
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