Yes. Orca will come up talking for you automatically. see the noes on speakupmodified.org for more information. You might also want to look at http://live.gnome.org/Orca TTSynth will work with Orca also. Darragh On 08/01/2010, Tim Culhane <tim.culhane at criticalpath.net> wrote: > Thanks Darragh, > > Probably a bit off topic here, but does Orka come with a default synth? i.e > once I start Orka will it speak out of the box so to speak? > > Will Orka work with TTSynth or another synth which is close to eloquence on > Windows? > > Tim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Darragh O Heiligh > Sent: 08 January 2010 11:45 > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: Speakup with Fedora or Redhat > > > Espeak would probably be your best bet to get started. > > In terms of modules for Speakup, you'd use the SoftSynth module and it would > connect to speech-dispatcher and speechd_up which in turn connects to the > synthesizer. This is probably less complicated now. It has been a few years > since I've done anything with that. > > You should look at the build instructions for Vinux on the vinux project > blog. It gives some great ideas for creating an accessible linux > environment. > > One thing to keep in mind and it was the most important line of the > installation howto. Installing Linux and getting it to your liking is the > hardest part about Linux. > > Don't expect it to work the way you want it to over night if your going to > heavily use software speech in the CLI. > > In saying that, if your good with using Orca in Gnome, you can get Fedora up > and running in about an hour and everything will be fine within reason. > > On 08/01/2010, Tim Culhane <tim.culhane at criticalpath.net> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Ok, looks like I will be going with Fedora for now. >> >> So, looks like what I need to do is: >> >> Get fedora installed >> Download and compile Speakup into the Fedora kernel >> >> Where exactly do I get the synthesizer modules for Speakup? Are there >> any free modules to get me started, or do you need to pay for them >> all? >> >> Which software synthesizer is considered to be the best, or most >> widely used? >> >> Regards, >> >> Tim >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca >> [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] >> On Behalf Of Darragh O Heiligh >> Sent: 06 January 2010 13:40 >> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. >> Subject: Re: Speakup with Fedora or Redhat >> >> >> Tim, >> >> Answers to your questions are below: >> >> 1. If I go with Redhat as opposed to Fedora, which version of Redhat >> should I use. Will speakup be compiled into this kernel or does it >> need to be done manually. If it needs to be done manually is >> documentation available for this process? >> >> As far as I am aware, Speakup was only supplied with only one Red hat >> kernel. It is no longer part of the stock kernel for Red hat. >> Installation instructions should be available somewhere. If you have >> problems finding instructions or you'd like some suggestions / help >> with the process, give me a shout. >> >> >> 2. If there really isn't much difference between Fedora and Redhat, >> which version of Fedora should I use? Is there a modified speakup >> distribution for Fedora 12? If not, can speakup be compiled into the >> Fedora 12 kernel? >> >> What version and flavour of Linux that you choose depends on what you >> want to do with it. Of course, it also depends on how much support >> you can get from the community. Especially when you are just starting >> out with it. For that reason alone, I would suggest that you go with >> Fedora. >> >> Fedora 12 does not yet have a speakup modified version available via >> speakup-modified.org for some reason. However, there are no reasons >> that I am aware of why you shouldn't be able to compile speakup into >> the kernel. I have Fedora 12 on a box at home. I might try to get >> some time to do this shortly and report back. If I'm successful, I'll >> place the audio recording of the process to www.lalrecordings.com so >> that others can follow. >> >> The installation process for installing speakup into the kernel is >> reasonably similar for most versions and distributions. 1... download >> and install dependencies, 2. download the speakup source, 3. install >> any dependencies for your software synthesizer, 4. use make >> cloneconfig if your distribution supports it. If not, copy the config >> file from ....... aah! I cant remember where that is stored. 5. use >> make menuconfig to add speakup and the synthesizer module as a module >> as part of the kernel or a loadable module that can be loaded in the >> application space. finally, use the commands for preparing and >> compiling the new kernel. That's a really summarised process but it >> will give you an idea what is involved. >> >> >> 3. I will need to use a software based synthesizer. I believe TTSync >> is the one closest to Eloquence, which I use on windows. Will TTSync >> work with the latest versions of speakup on Fedora and Redhat? Since >> it is software based, I'm assuming that TTSync won't speak from boot >> up? If not, can I use an alternative during boot up and then switch >> to TTSync? >> >> There's a bit to answer there... >> Yes. you can have two synthes available to you. just compile them as >> loadable modules. TTSynth will almost definitly work for you, you'll >> just need to spend time finding and installing the dependencies... and >> in some cases, the dependencies of the dependencies. It can be messy >> but worth it if your set on using that synthesizer. You are right that >> hardware synthesizers are your only option for reading boot messages >> in realtime. There is a list of synthesizers in the Linux install >> howto on www.speakupmodified.org I personally use an apollo but I hate >> it. >> >> Hope this answers your questions. >> >> Oh, sorry for not answering your mail a few weeks ago that you sent >> directly. To answer your question, the only talking boot loader that I >> am currently aware of is the one available during the installation of >> OpenSuSE. I know there were a lot of plans in that community to extend >> the functionality but due to various priorities getting in the way, I >> haven't followed the work on this. I'd suggest talking to Brian, one >> of the main men in the OpenSuSE accessibility movement. >> >> >> >> If this is concerning you though, there are ways of making the >> navigation of the boot screen a bit easier by making modifications to >> the menu.list >> >> >> On 06/01/2010, Tim Culhane <tim.culhane at criticalpath.net> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm in the process of getting a new PC in work. I'm going to be >>> installing a partitioned drive with linux on one of the partitions. >>> >>> I work as a software engineer and many of the products I work with >>> run on Linux, and the preferred flavour is Redhat Enterprise >>> Server. >>> >>> AsI'm blind I want to use a flavour of linux which works with speakup >>> on my desk top. >>> >>> I know that speakup works with Fedora and that Fedora is based on >>> Redhat. There appears to be a modified speakup distribution of Fedora >>> 9 available. >>> >>> So, I've the following questions: >>> >>> 1. If I go with Redhat as opposed to Fedora, which version of Redhat >>> should I use. Will speakup be compiled into this kernel or does it >>> need to be done manually. If it needs to be done manually is >>> documentation available for this process? >>> >>> 2. If there really isn't much difference between Fedora and Redhat, >>> which version of Fedora should I use? Is there a modified speakup >>> distribution for Fedora 12? If not, can speakup be compiled into >>> the Fedora 12 kernel? Is there documentation? >>> >>> 3. I will need to use a software based synthesizer. I believe >>> TTSync is the one closest to Eloquence, which I use on windows. Will >>> TTSync work with the latest versions of speakup on Fedora and Redhat? >>> Since it is software based, I'm assuming that TTSync won't speak from >>> boot up? If not, can I use an alternative during boot up and then >>> switch to TTSync? >>> >>> Many thanks for any assistance you can give, >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Tim >>> >>> ------------------------- >>> Tim Culhane, >>> Critical Path Ireland, >>> 42-47 Lower Mount Street, >>> Dublin 2. >>> Direct line: 353-1-2415107 >>> phone: 353-1-2415000 >>> >>> Tim.culhane at criticalpath.net >>> http://www.criticalpath.net >>> >>> Critical Path >>> a global leader in digital communications >>> ------------------------ >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
