Re: Debian: speech goes silent in VMware

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Hello,

On 8/15/17, Øyvind Lode <oyvind.lode@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> I've been trying to install debian 9.x in a VM (vmware) on Windows.
> I use this approach for testing purposes and I also wanted to have a
> couple of vms running debian stretch.
> I have used the same iso files (written to usb flash disk) and used
> the flash to boot up and install stretch on physical hardware without
> a hitch.

Should I understand that you got ORCA talking after installing Stretch
on your physical hardware?

>
> However, on vmware speech suddenly goes silent.
> It happens during install.
> Last time I tried it stopped when I was about to select keyboard layout.
> I've tried it on vmware on 3 different machines (host OS) both windows
> 7 and windows 10 with the same result.
> I've also tried using usb headset and I always get speech after
> pressing 's' at the boot menu but speech stops after a while during
> setup regardless of host machine and/or soundcard.
>
> I wanted to try VirtualBox 5.2 when I read that the 5.2 beta includes
> accessibility improvements but the UI was not yet usable.
> I could setup the vm but booting up the vm and select boot media UI
> was inaccessible.
>
> I don't know of other virtualization software on windows that is
> accessible for me to try.
>
> Is this a vmware issue or the debian installer with speech.
> I'm pretty sure it would work just fine without speech and
> accessibility activated.
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Thanks,
Pawel
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