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 > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list [email protected] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
