Hello I am currently running Debian Stretch under VirtualBox on Win 10 and will set the same system up on Mac OS. I am quite experienced using the command line, though i am currently a casual Linux user with plans to use it exclusively eventually. I love the fact that Debian includes both Orca and Speakup out of the box. However, I have encountered a small problem running Orca on a fresh install of Stretch.
I have installed MATE, as i am under the impression that it is currently the most accessible desktop environment. I have modified speechd.conf to use ALSA because Pulse appears not to work with Orca. Now Orca works but Speakup does not. I am wondering if this is because of my use of a VM? If I had Debian installed on a physical system, might things work differently? Can anyone offer any advice please? Thank you Best wishes James
