Re: Creating an Operating System with speech included

  • From: "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 19:10:43 +0200

Well in that case it means that it is not such a big problem, and if that issue is known it will be probably solved and we won't need to use 2 separate screen readers, which is very good.


Octavian

----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 6:01 PM
Subject: RE: Creating an Operating System with speech included




Actually you can use the command line fine with Orca there is an issue
though when you want to use root.  There is work sometimes using
administration apps you have to switch to a root level of orca which takes a
bit of work.

Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Octavian Rasnita
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 3:41 AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Creating an Operating System with speech included

Oh Ken, you disappoint me.
I was more and more convinced that Orca could be used well at least with
some apps, but now I hear that in order to access the command line I need to

use another screen reader.

Well, this is not needed at all under Windows where I can use Jaws with apps

with a GUI and with apps that run in a command line, and I even use Linux
with Jaws by SecureCRT.

Octavian

----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 6:33 AM
Subject: RE: Creating an Operating System with speech included




The problem is your trying to do everything with Orca.  Orca is a window
environment what your trying to do is real console stuff.  If you want to
use the console use a console screen reader and that's speakup.  If you
don't have a hardware synth then you're probably going to need to shell
out
for the IBM Viavoice or what ever they are calling it now something like
tts
but its 45$ so not too bad. Or you could go with Espeak and speakup which
is all free.  Those will give you the root access your looking

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