Re: Accessibility options in Debian
hi there,
would advise you run with orca, it is a very good screen reader :)
not sure if you are subscribed but you can subscribe to the orca
mailing list which may assist you.
https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
I hope this is of assistence to you,
also, debian 10 buster net install images have a floor as of yet it
has not been fixed where in no sound is herd after you boot and press
the s key a few times and press enter.
I hear it should be fixed in the next releace?
hope this helped you again,
Majid Hussain
On 22/07/2019, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> wrote:
> I think festival has capability to take voice dictation. I got into
> using its voice output though so never used its dictation capability.
>
> On Mon, 22 Jul 2019, Aaron wrote:
>
>> Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 10:40:20
>> From: Aaron <aaron.chantrill@dottywood.org>
>> To: debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org
>> Subject: Accessibility options in Debian
>> Resent-Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 14:48:52 +0000 (UTC)
>> Resent-From: debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org
>>
>> A few years ago I was working as a developer for a university website.
>> One of my jobs was ensuring Section 508 compliance. To this end, I had
>> downloaded a copy of Orca and used it to try navigating the website and
>> learned to use better voices through festival and mary tts.
>>
>> I also was using Simon (from the Simon-listens foundation) as a way of
>> controlling the computer via voice commands. I have also found the simon
>> training application helpful in developing specific speech controlled
>> interfaces. I notice that Simon does not appear to be available in the
>> standard Buster repositories. It also appears that development on Simon
>> appears to have stalled in 2015, with the lead developer leaving to work
>> on Siri, although the latest commit to the master branch on cgit.kde.org
>> was in February this year, so I would consider it still an active
>> project.
>>
>> Is anyone using Simon? Is there an alternative available? Can anyone
>> recommend between Orca and Screader or any other screen reading software
>> for modern accessibility testing?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Aaron
>>
>>
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kind regards,
Majid Hussain
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