I think festival has capability to take voice dictation. I got into using its voice output though so never used its dictation capability.
On Mon, 22 Jul 2019, Aaron wrote: > Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 10:40:20 > From: Aaron <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Accessibility options in Debian > Resent-Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 14:48:52 +0000 (UTC) > Resent-From: [email protected] > > A few years ago I was working as a developer for a university website. > One of my jobs was ensuring Section 508 compliance. To this end, I had > downloaded a copy of Orca and used it to try navigating the website and > learned to use better voices through festival and mary tts. > > I also was using Simon (from the Simon-listens foundation) as a way of > controlling the computer via voice commands. I have also found the simon > training application helpful in developing specific speech controlled > interfaces. I notice that Simon does not appear to be available in the > standard Buster repositories. It also appears that development on Simon > appears to have stalled in 2015, with the lead developer leaving to work > on Siri, although the latest commit to the master branch on cgit.kde.org > was in February this year, so I would consider it still an active project. > > Is anyone using Simon? Is there an alternative available? Can anyone > recommend between Orca and Screader or any other screen reading software > for modern accessibility testing? > > Thanks, > > Aaron > > > > --
