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From: Ajay Singh
Date: Nov 19, 2014 9:21PM

Thanks Tim & Mallory for giving insights.

Regards, Aj


On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 6:57 PM, Mallory van Achterberg <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> 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
> > > >