hi there, would advise you run with orca, it is a very good screen reader :) not sure if you are subscribed but you can subscribe to the orca mailing list which may assist you. https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list I hope this is of assistence to you, also, debian 10 buster net install images have a floor as of yet it has not been fixed where in no sound is herd after you boot and press the s key a few times and press enter. I hear it should be fixed in the next releace? hope this helped you again, Majid Hussain
On 22/07/2019, Jude DaShiell <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> >> >> > > -- > > -- kind regards, Majid Hussain
