Installed kali with speech. Kali installed a desktop by default and I did not get the option to not install a desktop like in debian. The system did not talk when I booted it up after installation. No braille either though I used both braille and speech during install. I switched to a text console and fired up brltty and configured it to start at boot time using systemctl. All services is disabled by default on kali. Ok, so far so good. I have braille now which makes it easier to type commands and read output in the text console <smile> I then found that espeakup is in fact there but not loaded at startup. speakup and speakup_soft kernel modules is not loaded at boot up either. Loaded both speakup and speakup_soft and started espeakup and wolla; it's speaking. Still no speech in the gui though but I don't care about the gui. I hope I can perform all hacking and penetration testing from the text console anyway. If I have to use orca and the gui I will have a problem since kali will be running in a VM on a server and I don't know about a way to run X and gui apps remotely in a accessible way for me that depend on a screen reader. Currently I'm running kali on my own vm at home where I now have both braille and speech on the text console and I can access it from all hosts on my lan via ssh (including over the internet). On 23 August 2017 at 17:15, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > speech-dispatcher is on the system, espeakup I think is not. However you > could probably install and use fenrir although that package needs work on > configuration scripts. One thing fenrir does not do is put a default key > combination on the system to control fenrir. It's left to the user to > choose this and edit the right configuration file correctly with normal text > editor. One advantage is, all lives in user space. I need to chroot my > kali system andchange the root password so I can log in, one of the > installers used a password they couldn't remember for my new computer. If > that works, I could search the archives and find if espeak is in those > archives. > > On Wed, 23 Aug 2017, ?yvind Lode wrote: > >> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 10:22:18 >> From: ?yvind Lode <oyvind.lode@xxxxxxxxx> >> Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. >> <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. >> <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Subject: Re: Kali Linux >> >> >> Cool! >> Does that mean I have to use gnome and orca to access kali tools? >> >> I would prefer to only have a CLI system with speakup and brltty. >> This is the way I do with debian. >> Hit 's' at the boot prompt to get a talking install and I chose to not >> install a desktop environment and only use the CLI and also remote >> access via ssh. >> >> >> On 23 August 2017 at 15:40, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> To install kali linux on a system use the s boot parameter and you'll get >>> a >>> talking install. Once you have done that, and you reboot orca will come >>> up >>> talking automatically. >>> Lode wrote: >>> >>>> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 07:08:18 >>>> From: ?yvind Lode <oyvind.lode@xxxxxxxxx> >>>> Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. >>>> <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. >>>> <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> Subject: Kali Linux >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I found an article on the kali forums or the blog that accessibility >>>> were >>>> added. >>>> This article was dated back in 2013 and it stated accessibility was >>>> added after being contacted by two blind security enthusiasts. >>>> Nice! >>>> >>>> I need to use Kali for work related stuff. >>>> >>>> Anyone know the status of accessibility in current Kali builds? >>>> I really hope these two blind enthusiasts is on this list. >>>> >>>> I really hope most tools in Kali is for the CLI, so I don't have to >>>> work with gnome etc :) >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Speakup mailing list >>>> Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
