I need to get speakup to wirk. Suggestions?

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Howdy,

speakup is an kernel module.
installing stuff from tarballs is not the best idea in case of kernel 
modules i think.
you need to care about updating it by yourself. that sayd.
you cannot run speakup. it needs to be loaded into the kernel
"sudo modprobe speakup speakup_soft"
after doing that you might be able to install and run "espeakup" to use 
espeak as speech synth for speakup.
by the way, what distribution are you using? maybe i m to "blind ;)" to 
find that very useful information.
if speakup is available as package in your distribution you should 
prefer that way instead of using a tarball.

if you are using a more current system like Arch or Antergos you will be 
able to install "fenrir-git" via AUR. that is an basic userspace 
screenreader without need of kernel module stuff.

cheers chrys

Am 31.07.2017 um 22:29 schrieb Linux for blind general discussion:
> I'm trying to use speakup with espeakup.
> Espeakup says: "Unable to open the soft synth device: no such file or
> directory".
> I thought I'd installed speakup, but typing it gives "command not found".
> I just downloaded a speakup tarball (that took some digging). Running
> the makefile produces two errors that I don't understand.
>
> What is speachd-up? Do I need it in addition to speakup and espeakup?
>
> On 7/31/17, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Do you use espeakup or speechd-up, or some hardware synthesizer?
>> If you use espeakup or speechd-up, kill all instances and start it from the
>> graphical terminal with sudo.
>> Then, switch to some text console and log in - you probably won't have
>> speech on the login prompt.
>>
>> --
>> Best wishes,
>> Zahari
>>
>>    Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>> Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 01:53:38PM -0500
>>
>>> I'm using Orca on Ubuntu MATE. I want to use several terminal
>>> applications because I'm unsatisfied with the desktop apps I currently
>>> use.
>>> Orca's terminal support sucks.
>>> I've installed speakup, but it never runs when I switch to terminal.
>>> Any suggestions for fixes I might try? Thanks.
>>>
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