RE: Which Linux + screen reader to choose?
- From: "Chris Hofstader" <chris.hofstader@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:26:44 -0400
No, Via Voice is not free.
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[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of public.niran
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 7:22 AM
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Subject: Re: Which Linux + screen reader to choose?
I believe Via Voice is not free. right?
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From: "Chris Hofstader" <chris.hofstader@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 4:47 PM
Subject: RE: Which Linux + screen reader to choose?
> If you really prefer Eloquence by a lot, you can get Via Voice (an
> Eloquence
> derivative) for GNU/Linux machines.
>
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> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of public.niran
> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 7:10 AM
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> Subject: Re: Which Linux + screen reader to choose?
>
> Everyone seems to be voting for ubuntu. What about fedora, gentoo etc?
> Does
> setting up screen readers on those distros is harder?
> Also after listening to eloquence for so long don't know how well the
> synthes on linux sounds. Any thoughts on eSpeak, festival vs eloquence?
>
> Thanks everyone,
> Niran
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Dalton" <d.dalton@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 3:47 PM
> Subject: Re: Which Linux + screen reader to choose?
>
>
>> On Tue, 15 Apr 2008, public.niran wrote:
>>
>>> many linux distribution and many screen readers available.
>>
>> Lots of distros, not so many screenreaders though. Orca is the main
>> graphical one and speakup is the main console one. I think there is one
>> other cli one too... Oh and brltty is for your braille display is what I
>> use and has some basic speech support...
>> You need a braille display for the speech though.
>>
>>> I would like to know which linux distribution has most built in support
>>> for screen readers. And is there any single, simple package containing
>>> required
>>
>> Probably ubuntu, but debian has orca in aptitude. If you aren't a braille
>> user speech in a text console is slightly more complicated.
>> I recommend you get console speech so if gnome crashes you can fix it
>> easily...
>> If your not up to the task of patching your own kernel mail me off list
>> and I'll give you a deb file which will install a 2.6.23 kernel with
>> speakup if you like... (if you are using debian or ubuntu)
>>
>>> tools for
>> screen readers (not too large in size!) > What you all think about lsr,
>> orca, speakup etc?
>>
>> Well orca of course for the graphical stuff, speakup if you like for the
>> console and lsr, I heard about it, but not sure how development is going
>> with it...
>>
>> Orca will install a whole bunch of stuff so make sure you have a couple
>> hundred mb or perhaps 1 gb for your linux install, gnome and your
>> screenreader...
>>
>>> any inputs are welcome.
>>
>> Good luck,
>>
>> --
>> Daniel Dalton
>>
>> http://members.iinet.net.au/~ddalton/
>> <d.dalton@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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