Using espeak I can do really fast, but synthesizors that try and sound
human, sorry, but the deafblind guy in the room simply gets a headache and
gets lossed.
Warm regards,
Brandt Steenkamp
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On Fri, 18 Feb 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 19:40:58 +0000
From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Accessibility of installing Distros?
Going off of vanilla Arch here but it uses espeakup by default as the
speech synth and method in the accessible boot (which is down arrow when
booting off a stick or CD) and it's easy to understand. I get it. Some
people can do stupidly high speech rates. But not everyone can. I've
left espeakup alone on my box and it works pretty well, I can adjust it
easily and it's easy to understand and follow along with. Even at top
speed it's not insanely fast
Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
If you install espeak-ng in extra packages then in the chroot environment:
sysctl disable fenrir
then sysctl enable espeak
before rebooting that should at least put an end to fenrir eventually.
The fenrir speech speed is too fast; it can be adjusted downward but I
think never ought to have been set that fast for installation or
post-install use. Maybe speech-rate=0.5 would be better and at the speed
espeak uses by default.
On Fri, 18 Feb 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
The issue is that it's already on a desktop, usually Mate.
If I install it again, I'm installing it console only, and then building
it as
I see fit, which would be with ratpoison only.
Will probably go to Arch directly anyway. Why get something that, firstly
speaks with a Screen reader I never bothered to learn, since Speakup works
well enough for my needs, secondly speaks so darn fast no human can
understand
the thing, especially if, like me you can hardly hear anything anymore
anyway?
I can build my system in vanilla Arch as well as with anything else. I,
for
example wouldn't install Firefox at all, but probably one of the Chromium
based browsers plus elinks for when I'm beeing lazy and want to stay on a
console.
Warm regards,
Brandt Steenkamp
Sent from the Slint console using Alpine
On Fri, 18 Feb 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 13:41:19 -0500
From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Accessibility of installing Distros?
Have you tried running startx to turn orca on? You may find that works.
On Fri, 18 Feb 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
Sometimes it would finish the install, then reboot, and come up speaking
with
Fenrir with a very annoying voice, especially if you, like me is legally
deafblind, then after typing your username and password, Fenrir would
just
die
and you are stuck, I know it's a desktop environment, but nothing turns
orca
on.
So much for an accessible distro.
This is why I love Slint. It does exactly what "you", tell it to do, not
the
dev.
No disrespect to Mr. Nash, I'm sure he's a perfectly nice guy, not that
I've
ever spoken to him though.
Warm regards,
Brandt Steenkamp
Sent from the Slint machine using Thunderbird
On 2022/02/18 17:10, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
Makes at least two of us. The installer always found itself looping
and
repeating failed package retrieval.
Cheers,
Dave
On 2/17/22 13:12, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
I could never get Jenux to work correctly on my setup.
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