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

[Rob Whyte <fudge thefudge net>]

Hi,

agreed Espeakup is probably your best option.

Start it once you log into your desktop with sudo espeakup


Vinux already makes speechd-up work correctly with modifications but you
still need to start it once logged in.

Let us know your progress.

Cheers and good luck.

Rob



On 24/04/17 16:15, Willem van der Walt wrote:
> 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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