Maybe after booting: speakup speakup.synth=soft may have some effect but that's unlikely. I have bare iron here and have had no use for vm.
-- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Sat, 15 Apr 2023, [email protected] wrote: > Jude, When bbooting the image in a vm, typing speakup=speakup.soft doesn't > seem to work. I don't have bareboons hardware so want to try this in a vm > for now. Have you tried in a vm? Anyone elsse on this list tried this. > There doesn't seem to be much info on accessibility. Thanks. > > Matthew > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jude DaShiell <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2023 3:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [gentoo-accessibility] Questions about using install media as a > blind user. > > At the boot prompt: speakup=speakup.soft needs to be keyed in to bring > speakup up talking. It's been several years since my last failed gentoo > install but I was able to get gentoo speaking while that failure happened. > You'll learn lots about your hardware when you do this. > What killed me every gentoo install was the kernel building step near the > end of the install. > > > -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in > defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > On Sat, 15 Apr 2023, [email protected] wrote: > > > Hi, Thanks,. Disd you have to do anything to get espeakup running at > > boot or did you just type espeakup as root? Thanks. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jude DaShiell <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, April 14, 2023 6:19 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-accessibility] Questions about using install > > media as a blind user. > > > > 1) The minimal image includes espeak I never got as far as orca though. > > Orca may be something you need to emerge once you get a console > > installation running. > > > > > > -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used > > in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that > order." > > Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > > > On Fri, 14 Apr 2023, matthew dyer wrote: > > > > > Hi all. > > > > > > I am new to this list and to gentoo in general, but have some > > > questions > > regarding installing using the media iso. > > > > > > First, do theISOS enclude the accessiblity packages such as > > > espeakup, orca > > etc. I have downloaded the live images from the 9th of April. There > > are also minimal images but not sure if these will work. Anyway, The > > install guide does not mention the accessibility team here all though > > there is info on the web site which is where I found this list. I > > have not seen a message come through here. So hopefully My message > > will come through. Any way if there is any info I might have missed > > someware I will be greatful. Thanks for the help. BTW, I think that > > accessibility should be mentioned in the guide for people who need it. > > I will certainly give the live image a try and see what happens. I will > be installing to a VM. > > > > > > Matthew > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
