You might check out viavoice but I don't know if it's free. On Mon, 22 Jul 2019, Jean-Philippe MENGUAL wrote:
> Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 12:41:00 > From: Jean-Philippe MENGUAL <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Accessibility options in Debian > Resent-Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 16:41:14 +0000 (UTC) > Resent-From: [email protected] > > Hi, > > This topic is very important for me but I have few info, so I am happy is > someone can tell us. > > In my mind, Simon is for KDE. So not easily universalisable on other desktops. > Butt I would appreciate any suggestion of dictation program, it is a very > important request from my users of Debian and free software. > > Regards > > Jean-Philippe MENGUAL > > Le 22/07/2019 ? 16:40, Aaron a ?crit?: > > 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 > > > > > > > > --
