Hi, Did you install espeak-ng? If not, do so. After you install espeak-NG you will want to make sure that espeak-ng is the default output module. HTH. Matthew -----Original Message----- From: blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx <blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Linux for blind general discussion Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2021 11:09 AM To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Some questions about Arch Linux Hello there, It isn't a stupid question, trust me! Yes, speech-dispatcher, pulseaudio, alsa-plugins and utils, espeakup, and some other stuff i don't remember, are installed, plus the gnome and mate desktops. Best regards. Francisco. On 4/11/21 5:06 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > As stupid a question as this may sound, did you install orca, speech-dispatcher and espeak explicitly? If you just installed orca, you may not have everything. Do you have a talking system with espeakup or fenrir? I hope you installed pulseaudio? > > Cheers, > > Dave H. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 11, 2021, at 10:57 AM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I also modified the .xinitrc file at /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc, since that's the only one which is available, and I inserted the following lines at the end of the file, after installing the system: >> >> >> export GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge >> export GNOME_ACCESSIBILITY=1 >> export QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1 > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list