could it be sysctl enable espeak and sysctl start espeak commands are no longer run when that s key gets hit at the boot: prompt?
On Mon, 22 Jul 2019, Aaron wrote: > Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 14:36:03 > From: Aaron <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Accessibility options in Debian > Resent-Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 18:36:20 +0000 (UTC) > Resent-From: [email protected] > > Thanks for the suggestions. I tried installing Orca on a Raspberry Pi > the other day, but it seemed to have trouble with the Pixel desktop. I > was a little concerned after reading that Orca is tightly integrated > with the Gnome desktop, but more recent information seems to suggest > that it can be used with Mate and even XFCE/LXDE. > > I haven't been able to get the "Install with speech synthesis" option to > work at all yet, if that is the flaw you are referring to. > > I have been able to get Orca working quite well on Buster Mate and am > figuring out how to change the voice to one of the FLite arctic options. > Oddly, Orca does not have an entry on the Mate start menu. Would you > recommend Gnome 3 with this tool? I prefer how light-weight Mate is and > always found Gnome 3 confusing, but I'm willing to try if it seems worth it. > > Is anyone using emacspeak? This seems to be a new option that comes up a > lot, and looks similar to the Knoppix Adriane project. > > Thank you, > > Aaron > > On 7/22/19 11:47 AM, Majid Hussain wrote: > > hi there, > > would advise you run with orca, it is a very good screen reader :) > > Majid Hussain > > > > --
