How to get speech in a console session?

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Hi,

short answer: this does not work in Debian out of the box, so needs a
post-install configuration of the system.

Long answer:
this post from Samuel Thibault explains why:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-accessibility/2017/12/msg00089.html

I have also proposed the way this works in Slint in this post:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-accessibility/2018/11/msg00012.html

But as far as I know there has been no change in Debian wrt this specific
issue, so you will need to either purge PulseAudio from Debian  (probably at
the price of loosing some features like audio via bluetooth if I remember
correctly) or start PulseAudio systeme wide, which is not recommended by
upstream for security reasons unless in specific use cases like an embedded
system. The post from Samuel will give you a more in-depth explanation.

Cheers,
Didier
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Didier Spaier
Slint maintainer


Le 06/11/2021 à 01:45, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
> I did use speech in the installer, and Orca came up right away, but
> speakup didn't work when I sswitched to a console session.
> I read that wiki page, edited my /etc/modules file, and speakup still
> wouldn't work.
> 
> On 11/5/21, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Debian has a detacated accessibility page.  The wiki page is
>> wiki.debian.org/accessibility <http://wiki.debian.org/accessibility>.  This
>> has info on how to get speech both in a text interface and a GUI.  As a side
>> note, if you use speech with the installer, everything will be enabled In
>> the installed system.
>>
>> Matthew
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Nov 5, 2021, at 4:28 PM, Linux for blind general discussion
>>> <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I already have espeak and espeakup installed. I tried running fenrir,
>>> but I got the following error:
>>> play WARN alsa: can't encode 0-bit Unknown or not applicable
>>>
>>> On 11/5/21, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> If you start the install media and press s then enter, you'll have
>>>> speech
>>>> during and after install.
>>>> Devin Prater
>>>> r.d.t.prater at gmail.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 12:37 PM Linux for blind general discussion <
>>>> blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> So I'm new to Linux, and I'm going to be trying it out for a period of
>>>>> about a week or two, to see if I could use it as a daily driver.
>>>>> One thing I'm not sure about is how to get Speakup (with either
>>>>> Espeakup or Speechd-Up) working.
>>>>> My distribution of choice is Debian 11, by the way.
>>>>>
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