Re: [orca-list] Still can't get Speakup to run

[Willem van der Walt <wvdwalt csir co za>]

Hi,
I have not followed this discussion, so sorry if I say things already 
said.
1.  If you can get speech in the console, I.E. ctrl-alt-f1 through 6, 
using a command like espeak hello, then installing espeakup is likely your 
best and easiest option to get speakup going.
You have to do modprobe speakup_soft start=1 before running espeakup.
Speakup is in what is called staging in the standard kernel.
All Linuxes therefore do not have speakup support, but ubuntu 16.04 does.
It might be better to subscribe to the speakup list and ask the questions 
there.
Regards, Willem


On Sun, 23 Apr 2017, James Austin wrote:

> Hi Rob
>
> Thank you, should have thought more about the subject line. Apologies.
>
> I am currently running ubuntu 16.04 LTS in a virtual machine. I am, as I 
> think I mentioned, new to Linux though quite experienced with the command 
> line under Mac OS. Perhaps I should be starting out with Vinux instead of 
> ubuntu?
>
> Using apt I have installed the espeakup package though speechd-up refuses to 
> install. Initially I thought that I might not be getting any sound in the 
> ALT+CTRLF1 terminal, but espeak echoes phrases that are passed to it.
>
> Unfortunately I cannot give you any more imformation about what is happening 
> in the terminal. I also tried to run Speakup from a Unity terminal, hoping to 
> send the output of any errors to a file, but  the terminal did not report any 
> errors. I also tried to re-run and reinstall the Speak package after 
> updating/upgrading packages, but apt-get said that it could not locate the 
> package. I thought that the Speakup modules were now part of the Linux core?
>
> Thank you for any help.
>
> Best wishes
>
> James
>
> On 23/04/2017 20:44, Rob Whyte wrote:
> > Hi James,
> >
> > Please note I 've forked your subject for a new thread.
> >
> > Can you give some more info please upon what distro you are having
> > difficulty with Speakup.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Rob Whyte
> >
> >
> >
> > On 24/04/17 04:04, James Austin wrote:
> > > Hi everyone
> > >
> > > I am still having no luck with getting Speakup to run.  So I wondered
> > > if anyone could please give me some advice on using VIM or similar
> > > with Orca? Is there a special way to get the cursor to track and to
> > > get Orca to distinguish between movement, editing commands and input ?
> > >
> > > Thank you
> > >
> > > Best wishes
> > >
> > > James
> > >
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