Hello all, what is fenrrir? what differences have between fenrrir and speakup?
Fran. 2020-02-02 13:35 GMT+01:00, Jude DaShiell <[email protected]>: > > > -- > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2020 06:10:40 > From: chrys <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [fenrir-screenreader] Re: fenrir installation > > Howdy, > >> pip3 install fenrir-screenreader and that should work on any linux >> distribution. > well right, in theory it should. in reality it does place the configuration > files at a wrong installation path. i did not figure whats the issue as the > same > setup.py works perfectly on my arch machine. so the issue seems to be the > way > how Debian handles non source files in setup.py files with pip3. > > If anyone knows about the reason, let me know. > > here the setup file for pip: > > https://github.com/chrys87/fenrir/blob/master/setup.py > > cheers chrys > > Am 31.01.20 um 17:34 schrieb Jude DaShiell: > >> Another way to install fenrir is: >> pip3 install fenrir-screenreader and that should work on any linux >> distribution. >> Sometimes pip install fenrir-screenreader works better but with the >> transition from python2 to python3 perhaps use of pip might be a bit >> dangerous until python2 is finally off of standard linux distributions. >> It's also possible those using pip or pip3 for the first time will be >> advised to upgrade pip and this isn't hard and the older pip will be >> removed once an upgrade happens. >> >> On Fri, 31 Jan 2020, chrys wrote: >> >>> Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 10:47:35 >>> From: chrys <[email protected]> >>> Reply-To: [email protected] >>> To: Mallard <[email protected]>, [email protected] >>> Subject: [fenrir-screenreader] Re: Testing >>> >>> Howdy Ollie, >>> >>> On Arch its quite easy to install fenrir as it is in AUR. >>> # i still use aurman, but you can of course? use the AURhelper of your >>> choice >>> aurman -S fenrir-git >>> >>> to install fenrir if you run pulseaudio, the sound card is locked by the >>> pulseaudio instance of your user. As fenrir runs currently as root an >>> second >>> instance of Pulseaudio as user root would require access to the >>> hardware. >>> this >>> is denied because its locked by the instance used by your user. So the >>> script >>> configures the root instance of pulseaudio to stream its sound to your >>> user >>> instance of pulseaudio (instead play it directly), and configure your >>> user >>> instance of pulseaudio to receive the root sound stream and play this >>> stream >>> on your speaker. this makes you hear the sound created by fenrirs TTS >>> process. >>> this is just to let you know what the scripts are doing. >>> you need to run this once as normal user and once as root (to bring both >>> configurations in place) >>> >>> # as normal user: >>> /usr/share/fenrirscreenreader/tools/configure_pulse.sh >>> # as root >>> sudo /usr/share/fenrirscreenreader/tools/configure_pulse.sh >>> >>> let me know if you need help. fenrir is of course not perfect yet :), but >>> i >>> do >>> my best to improve it. also if i don't have that time i currently wanna >>> have >>> for develop it. >>> >>> cheers chrys >>> >>> Am 31.01.20 um 16:25 schrieb Mallard: >>>> Hello again Chrys, >>>> >>>> >>>> Sorry, I think I need some more help here. >>>> >>>> >>>> Where is teh Pulseaudio Configure Script to be found? >>>> >>>> >>>> Arch was installed for me by my son, as I said previously, and I only >>>> resurrected it, but I don't know what was done then. >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, sorry for this laughable question... lol >>>> >>>> >>>> Ciao, >>>> >>>> Ollie >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 30/01/2020 14:19, [email protected] wrote: >>>>> Howdy Ollie, >>>>>> because my Arch doesn't want to speak in the consol >>>>> Using pulseaudio requires some additional step. >>>>> did you run the configure pulseaudio script? >>>>> >>>>> cheers chrys >>>>> Zitat von Mallard <[email protected]>: >>>>> >>>>>> hello Pranav,? Thanks" for confirming. I was looking into Fenrir, >>>>>> because >>>>>> my Arch doesn't want to speak in the console, while all is well in >>>>>> Mate >>>>>> desktop.? What I tried up to now has giuen no results... sigh.? I'll >>>>>> wait >>>>>> till Fenrir is fixed to try it out.? Ciao,? Ollie >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ?Sent from BlueMail ? >>>>>> >>>>>> On 30 Jan 2020, 00:40, at 00:40, Pranav Lal <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> Hi Ollie, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Fenrir as far as I know works only in the console. I have been >>>>>>> unable >>>>>>> to get the latest versions working due to a problem with the pyttsx3 >>>>>>> library. The library is a cross platform library to work with >>>>>>> speech. >>>>>>> It seems it is executing the code meant for Microsoft windows in the >>>>>>> Linux installs so there is a problem. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Pranav >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> From: [email protected] >>>>>>> <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mallard >>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2020 2:03 AM >>>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>>> Subject: [fenrir-screenreader] Re: Testing >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> hello Pranav,? I hear you loud and clear.? I've just resurrected my >>>>>>> Arch and Slint installations, and was thinking of giving Fenrir a >>>>>>> spin. >>>>>>> I haven't followed this list at all, so I don't have a very clear >>>>>>> picture of the current state of the screen reader.? Someone told me >>>>>>> it >>>>>>> works in both console and graphic desktop, while my understanding >>>>>>> was >>>>>>> it's only for console.? Which is true?? Thanks, take care. Ollie >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent from BlueMail <http://www.bluemail.me/r?b=15774> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 29 Jan 2020, at 18:19, Pranav Lal <[email protected] >>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> Just testing if I? can send messages. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ?_____ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> MailingList: [email protected] >>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>>>>>> Website: https://linux-a11y.org >>>>>>> Wiki: https://wiki.linux-a11y.org/doku.php?id=fenrir >>>>>>> Code: https://github.com/chrys87/fenrir >>>>>>> IRC Live Support: >>>>>>> Network: irc.linux-a11y.org <http://irc.linux-a11y.org> >>>>>>> Room: #a11y >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -------------------------------------------- >>>>> MailingList: [email protected] >>>>> Website: https://linux-a11y.org >>>>> Wiki: https://wiki.linux-a11y.org/doku.php?id=fenrir >>>>> Code: https://github.com/chrys87/fenrir >>>>> IRC Live Support: >>>>> Network: irc.linux-a11y.org >>>>> Room: #a11y >>>>> >>> -------------------------------------------- >>> MailingList: [email protected] >>> Website: https://linux-a11y.org >>> Wiki: https://wiki.linux-a11y.org/doku.php?id=fenrir >>> Code: https://github.com/chrys87/fenrir >>> IRC Live Support: >>> Network: irc.linux-a11y.org >>> Room: #a11y >>> >>> > > -------------------------------------------- > MailingList: [email protected] > Website: https://linux-a11y.org > Wiki: https://wiki.linux-a11y.org/doku.php?id=fenrir > Code: https://github.com/chrys87/fenrir > IRC Live Support: > Network: irc.linux-a11y.org > Room: #a11y > >
