Re: [orca-list] installing speakup (etc) in a VirtualBox VM

[Jason White <jason jasonjgw net>]

For Speakup, you need a kernel that includes the proper modules - 
available by default in at least some distributions. You then need the 
espeakup package, or (if I remember correctly) SpeechDispatcher to 
configure software speech

support.


On 10/19/19 11:25 PM, Rich Morin wrote:
> I've been putting together VirtualBox VMs that start with Ubuntu and add lots
> of blind-friendly packages.  For example: emacspeak, espeak-ng, espeak-ng-data,
> espeakup, fenrir, mbrola-*, orca, speech-dispatcher, ...
>
> I suspect that I'll be getting into a lot of configuration issues eventually
> (pointers and suggestions welcome!), but at the moment I'm just trying to find
> out whether I need to install speakup and speakup-doc and how to do so.  Help?
>
> I'd also love some help in understanding how these packages are supposed to fit
> together.  If someone is willing to give me the raw information, I'd be happy
> to wordsmith it into an overview document.
>
> -r
>
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