[BRLTTY] configuring brltty as a screenreader

[Mark Peveto]

I'm trying to configure something, I really don't care what, but something as a console screen reader.  Espeakup and other things seem to conflict with
pulseaudio, and gives me errors.  Ditching pulseaudio hasn't worked out for me, so it's my understanding that brltty is a solution.  I'm just trying to
get these consoles talking.  That's pretty much all I wanna do, and i"m frustratingly having little to no luck.  At the moment i"m logged in to f123
visual.  I'm having to ssh into that box in order to do any console work, and that's just not always practical.  I'm hoping with all my heart someone
can help.  Sorry if this reply seems sharp, I'm just not getting anywhere, and hate like everything being stuck.
Catch ya later!  :)
Mark Peveto
Registered Linux user number 600552
Sent from vinux using alpine 2.20.13


On Mon, 30 May 2016, covici at ccs.covici.com wrote:

> Why are you trying to do that?  There are better alternatives, such as
> speakup, or if you like emacs emacspeak.
>
> Mark Peveto <southernprince73 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I get that. I'm heavily involved in my church as well.  But to answer your question, I'm not using a braille display.  I want to use brltty as a speech
> > screen reader.
> >
> > Mark Peveto
> > Registered Linux user number 600552
> > Sent from F123 visual using alpine 2.20.13
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 30 May 2016, Dave Mielke wrote:
> >
> > > [quoted lines by Mark Peveto on 2016/05/30 at 22:02 -0500]
> > >
> > > >I'm wondering what all needs to be configured to use brltty as a screen
> > > >reader.
> > >
> > > For a braille screen reader, all the defaults tend to be all you need. The
> > > exception to this is spcifying the braille device if it's Bluetooth or serial
> > > since the default braille device is USB autodetection.
> > >
> > > >I"ve set the speech driver, or at least I think I have.  I'm not sure if I
> > > >need to set it for espeak, or speech dispatcher.
> > >
> > > We can't tell you what you should set the speech driver to. That depends
> > > entirely on which one you'd prefer to use.
> > >
> > > >Like Kendell, it's monotone when it speaks, but at this point, if i can get
> > > >this console speaking, it'd make my day.
> > >
> > > Are you, then, wanting to use brltty as a speech screen reader?
> > >
> > > >Wrokign with f123, a manjaro based distro.  I know kendell's working on it for
> > > >sonar, but I'd like to learn how to apply this for f123, too.  I'm not trying
> > > >to compete,
> > >
> > > :-) It's not competition when more than one user is wanting to achieve a
> > > similar goal. In fact, combining efforts is often the most efficient way to go.
> > >
> > > >I just wanna see 'em both talk, so would like to learn how to configure this
> > > >myself, if someone on this list is willing to help me learn. Since Kendell's
> > > >tackling it, I thought of asking him, but Kendell, friend, I know you've got
> > > >yoru hanbds full with all you'e got going and don't have the time to help me
> > > >with a curiosity project.
> > >
> > > The truth is that all of us have our hands full. Not only with brltty, by the
> > > way. Some of us have families, some of us play in orchestras, some of us are
> > > dating, some of us have jobs that earn our income, some of us allocate time to
> > > religious involvement, etc. We all have full lives.
> > >
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