Re: [orca-list] access in text consoles

[Hermann <meinelisten onlinehome de>]

am Fr 25. Apr 2008 um 15:09:20 schrieb Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 gmail com>:
> I see. does Yasr support software speech? or would I need to use a  
> hardware synth?

It supports both. It comes with Flite through the Emacspeak-server, but you 
can set it up to use a hardware synth.
Hermann

> On Apr 25, 2008, at 9:03 AM, Hermann wrote:
>>> does any screen reader that works with the 6 other terminals ship  
>>> with
>>> hardy? or would that be a separate package? can't use the first one  
>>> you
>>> mention because i don't have a braille display but, could use others.
>>
>> No. brltty is the only one, so you have to install yasr - I hope it's 
>> still
>> available in the Ubuntu repository.
>>
>>> when and if i get orca, i'll be a newbie when it comes to linux and
>>> things like that.
>>
>> You should decide whether you want to concentrate on a text-only  
>> Linux, or
>> prefer to use a graphical interface.
>> In the latter case, you're moving in the right direction by  
>> concentrating
>> on Gnome with Orca.
>> If you are more interested in text Linux, check out the url mentioned 
>> in my
>> signature; GRML comes with brltty and speakup.
>> Hermann