Console screenreaders

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Try fenrir start, and your system may reboot and may come up talking.

On Wed, 30 Sep 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 14:56:35
> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: blinux-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Console screenreaders
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> Hi,
>
> I am trying to install and run those console screen-readers on Ubuntu
> Mate 20, but failiing. I am even trying to have speech at bootup, but I
> can't find any setting to do that. Can anyone direct me where to get
> more info about using Fenrir or Speakup?
>
> With Fenrir, try as I might since yesterday, running it does not produce
> speech. Instead, I get this error,
>
> I tried looking for any defaults on the Internet, but seems I am hitting
> against a wall.
>
> The same applies with Yasr: It says connection was refused and I do not
> get any speech.
>
> With speakup, soon after installing it with sudo apt-get install
> espeakup speakup-tools, I get the following error:
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  espeakup
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> TIa,
>
> On Wednesday, 30 September 2020, at 19:23, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> >> Some anonymous miscreant wrote:
> >>
> >> espeak preferable to fenrir but that's only because fenrir reads ansi line
> >> drawing characters when speaking.  espeak suppresses those characters.
> >
> > You might want to file a bug report, asking for this to be turned from a
> > feature into an option.
> >
> > -r
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