Re: [orca-list] orca on command prompt

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel shellworld net>]

A slight improvement on those instructions:
1) issue the uname -ar command which shows you your version of Linux and 
   make sure output reads 2.6.38 or higher.On Mon, 28 Jan 2013, Al 
   Sten-Clanton wrote:

> 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
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > orca-list mailing list
> > > orca-list gnome org
> > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> > > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
> > > The manual is at
> > > http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
> > > The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
> > > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org Find out
> > > how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp
> >
> > --
> > Christopher (CJ)
> > chaltain at Gmail
> > _______________________________________________
> > orca-list mailing list
> > orca-list gnome org
> > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
> > The manual is at
> > http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
> > The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
> > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org Find out how to
> > help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > orca-list mailing list
> > orca-list gnome org
> > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
> > The manual is at
> > http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
> > The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
> > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
> > Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp
> _______________________________________________
> orca-list mailing list
> orca-list gnome org
> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
> The manual is at
> http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
> The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
> Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
> Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp

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