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From: Mallory van Achterberg
Date: Nov 19, 2014 6:27AM

Er, so for terminal on hup-ux/aix, looks like you get the kernel's
speakup program.

On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 02:21:58PM +0100, Mallory van Achterberg wrote:
> For a GUI-working screen reader, your option is Orca with Gnome.
> That means you'll need to install Gnome, though Unity 2d sorta
> kinda works. There are Orca users on Ubuntu (Ubuntu-mate), Vinux
> of course, Fedora, Arch, and Debian (but it's generally recommended
> if you need Debian to use the unstable).
>
> You might want the latest Orca from master on github rather than
> whatever comes with package management, depending on how long
> your *nix cycle runs. Debian for example is quite old.
> Otherwise: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca/DownloadInstall
>
> There is an orca mailing list you can puruse to get caught up
> on current issues/problems/fixes.
>
>
> In the terminal you should have espeak and speakup, but it has
> to be set up. StormDragon has a post
> http://stormdragon.us/tag/espeakup/
>
> It does sound terrible, so if you're used to nice voices you'll
> notice you'll need them slower for this. I've heard of people
> getting festival or other voices installed but didn't follow
> how one does this.
>
> Hope this helps,
> _mallory