Re: newbie questions
Le 10/06/2017 à 03:00, Nicolas Graner a écrit : Hello all, Hello Nicolas, I'm also French too. You could join the French linux mailing list that helps blind and visual-impaired : CBLX. To do that send a mail to "carrefourblinux-requ...@lists.tuxfamily.org" with the subject "subscribe". I just joined this list because I am considering switching to Debian as my main OS (currently running Windows and cygwin). Being visually impaired, I need both full screen magnification and speech output in French and English. > I have two questions at the moment: 1) are there good quality French voices available for free or not too expensive? Which screen readers can use them? There are multiple choice : * Mbrola * Pico * Kali TTS : see the demo page here : http://www.crisco.unicaen.fr/Demonstration-de-Kali.html (it's a paid voice sells for Linux by Hypra.fr) 2) how much RAM would you recommend to run GNOME and Orca comfortably on a laptop? My vendor says 3 GB is plenty, can you confirm this? It's depend on what you want to do with your computer. For a regular user 3 Gb of RAM is sufficient. If you want to use a correct screen magnifier you couldn't use GNOME3 (gnome-shell). You should use Mate with Compiz from Hypra repository (for Jessie at this time). Compiz provides those features : * Screen magnifier with focus tracking and important choice of settings * Screen inversion with negative module or color filter for more advanced color management * Possibility to have a cross-hair around the mouse * and so on :) ! Best regards. -- Alex ARNAUD Visual-Impairment Project Manager Hypra - "Humanizing technology"
Re: newbie questions
Hello Nicolas, I was forgotten something. In Debian there is espeak: sudo apt install espeak And there is Mbrola: http://tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola/mbrtts.html Regards, Jos. On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 09:14:34AM +0200, Jos Lemmens wrote: > Hello Nicolas, > > Cepstral offers you good voices. They have two Canadian French voices, > Isabelle and Jean-Pierre. > I know nothing about orca, but the Cepstral voices work fine with > eBook-speaker. > >Regards, > > Jos. > > On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 03:00:21AM +0200, Nicolas Graner wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I just joined this list because I am considering switching to Debian as > > my main OS (currently running Windows and cygwin). Being visually > > impaired, I need both full screen magnification and speech output in > > French and English. > > > > I have two questions at the moment: > > > > 1) are there good quality French voices available for free or not too > > expensive? Which screen readers can use them? > > > > 2) how much RAM would you recommend to run GNOME and Orca comfortably on > > a laptop? My vendor says 3 GB is plenty, can you confirm this? > > > > Thanks for your help. I will probably have more questions later :) > > > > Nicolas > > -- > >Sent from Ubuntu 17.04 > >--- >Jos Lemmens >The Netherlands >E-mail: j...@jlemmens.nl >Homepage: www.jlemmens.nl -- Sent from Ubuntu 17.04 --- Jos Lemmens The Netherlands E-mail: j...@jlemmens.nl Homepage: www.jlemmens.nl
Re: newbie questions
Hello Nicolas, Cepstral offers you good voices. They have two Canadian French voices, Isabelle and Jean-Pierre. I know nothing about orca, but the Cepstral voices work fine with eBook-speaker. Regards, Jos. On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 03:00:21AM +0200, Nicolas Graner wrote: > Hello all, > > I just joined this list because I am considering switching to Debian as > my main OS (currently running Windows and cygwin). Being visually > impaired, I need both full screen magnification and speech output in > French and English. > > I have two questions at the moment: > > 1) are there good quality French voices available for free or not too > expensive? Which screen readers can use them? > > 2) how much RAM would you recommend to run GNOME and Orca comfortably on > a laptop? My vendor says 3 GB is plenty, can you confirm this? > > Thanks for your help. I will probably have more questions later :) > > Nicolas -- Sent from Ubuntu 17.04 --- Jos Lemmens The Netherlands E-mail: j...@jlemmens.nl Homepage: www.jlemmens.nl
