Re: [orca-list] orca on command prompt

[Al Sten-Clanton <albert e sten_clanton verizon net>]

Well, your instructions seem to have worked on my box, where I'm now 
using Fedora 18.  It's a better approach than I've been using to get 
speakup running, so thanks.

Al

On 01/28/2013 02:43 PM, Alex Midence wrote:
> Orca does work in the terminal.  As for getting speech in the console, I
> don't know what Linux distribution you are running so, this will be generic:
>
> 1.  Make sure your linux kernel is at least as recent as 2.6.38.
> 2.  Make sure you have E-speak installed as a synthesizer.
> 3.  Install the Espeakup package either from your distribution's package
> management system or from wherever you can obtain the sources.
> 4.  In a terminal which Orca can read, btw, issue the following commands as
> root:
>
> modprobe speakup_soft start=1
> espeakup
>
> You should now have speech in your console in most cases.  Good luck.
>
> Alex M
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: orca-list-bounces gnome org [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On
> Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 12:11 PM
> To: orca-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] orca on command prompt
>
> You can use Orca in the terminal, which may solve some of your command line
> needs.
>
> What distribution are you trying to get Speakup working in the console?
> BTW, this question is probably better asked on a general Linux list as
> opposed to the Orca list.
>
> On 28/01/13 12:00, johnny wrote:
> > Hi i do understand taht orca will not read anything on the command
> > prompt windows and was hoping that someone could give me a hand on
> > more info on speakup. I do have speakup installed but just not sure
> > how to get it running when on the command window. Thanks much
> >
> >
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> Christopher (CJ)
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> Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
> Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp