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