archinstall and espeak-ng

[Linux for blind general discussion]

So, espeak-ng is a supplementary screen reader package not a replacement
package for espeakup.  That makes sense.


On Thu, 22 Jul 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 09:28:43PM -0400, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> > Though I can install a system using archinstall I have yet to get
> > espeak-ng to speak after first reboot.
> > spd-conf threw many errors when run didn't have directories and wouldn't
> > create them so speech-dispatcher could be started automatically along with
> > other errors.
>
> if you don't want to use gui, you don't need speech-dispatcher.
>
> > The first time I chose xorg for install type and I expect though that got
> > me a system it was speechless.
> > Then I tried minimal with no better luck.
> > One of the things I was told was that no audio server would be installed
> > even though alsa-utils and alsa-plugins were both installed.
> > The sound card does pop when the system comes up.
> > Two things on the system that wouldn't install were pcspkr and sg in the
> > kernel so no grub beep on the way up.  That's usually not a problem since
> > if I can find a sound file to play at boot up I can make that happen if
> > necessary.
>
> pc-speaker module are included in the arch kernel, no need to install it.
> moreover grub don't need pcspeaker module to beep at boot.
>
> > My extra packages line was:
> > lynx surfraw alsa-plugins-alsa-utils espeak-ng mlocate pulseaudio
> > speech-dispatcher
>
> to make system talk at boot you need to install and start espeakup.
> I recommend reading the installation instructions with accessibility options on
> the arch wiki [1]
>
> [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Install_Arch_Linux_with_accessibility_options
>
> --
> Sincerely, Alexander
>
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