Re: [fenrir-screenreader] Re: fenrir installation (fwd)
Hello all,
what is fenrrir?
what differences have between fenrrir and speakup?
Fran.
2020-02-02 13:35 GMT+01:00, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com>:
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> Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2020 06:10:40
> From: chrys <chrys@linux-a11y.org>
> Reply-To: fenrir-screenreader@freelists.org
> To: fenrir-screenreader@freelists.org
> Subject: [fenrir-screenreader] Re: fenrir installation
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> Howdy,
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>> pip3 install fenrir-screenreader and that should work on any linux
>> distribution.
> well right, in theory it should. in reality it does place the configuration
> files at a wrong installation path. i did not figure whats the issue as the
> same
> setup.py works perfectly on my arch machine. so the issue seems to be the
> way
> how Debian handles non source files in setup.py files with pip3.
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> If anyone knows about the reason, let me know.
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> here the setup file for pip:
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> https://github.com/chrys87/fenrir/blob/master/setup.py
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> cheers chrys
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> Am 31.01.20 um 17:34 schrieb Jude DaShiell:
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>> Another way to install fenrir is:
>> pip3 install fenrir-screenreader and that should work on any linux
>> distribution.
>> Sometimes pip install fenrir-screenreader works better but with the
>> transition from python2 to python3 perhaps use of pip might be a bit
>> dangerous until python2 is finally off of standard linux distributions.
>> It's also possible those using pip or pip3 for the first time will be
>> advised to upgrade pip and this isn't hard and the older pip will be
>> removed once an upgrade happens.
>>
>> On Fri, 31 Jan 2020, chrys wrote:
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>>> Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 10:47:35
>>> From: chrys <chrys@linux-a11y.org>
>>> Reply-To: fenrir-screenreader@freelists.org
>>> To: Mallard <mallard@kimabe.eu>, fenrir-screenreader@freelists.org
>>> Subject: [fenrir-screenreader] Re: Testing
>>>
>>> Howdy Ollie,
>>>
>>> On Arch its quite easy to install fenrir as it is in AUR.
>>> # i still use aurman, but you can of course? use the AURhelper of your
>>> choice
>>> aurman -S fenrir-git
>>>
>>> to install fenrir if you run pulseaudio, the sound card is locked by the
>>> pulseaudio instance of your user. As fenrir runs currently as root an
>>> second
>>> instance of Pulseaudio as user root would require access to the
>>> hardware.
>>> this
>>> is denied because its locked by the instance used by your user. So the
>>> script
>>> configures the root instance of pulseaudio to stream its sound to your
>>> user
>>> instance of pulseaudio (instead play it directly), and configure your
>>> user
>>> instance of pulseaudio to receive the root sound stream and play this
>>> stream
>>> on your speaker. this makes you hear the sound created by fenrirs TTS
>>> process.
>>> this is just to let you know what the scripts are doing.
>>> you need to run this once as normal user and once as root (to bring both
>>> configurations in place)
>>>
>>> # as normal user:
>>> /usr/share/fenrirscreenreader/tools/configure_pulse.sh
>>> # as root
>>> sudo /usr/share/fenrirscreenreader/tools/configure_pulse.sh
>>>
>>> let me know if you need help. fenrir is of course not perfect yet :), but
>>> i
>>> do
>>> my best to improve it. also if i don't have that time i currently wanna
>>> have
>>> for develop it.
>>>
>>> cheers chrys
>>>
>>> Am 31.01.20 um 16:25 schrieb Mallard:
>>>> Hello again Chrys,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, I think I need some more help here.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Where is teh Pulseaudio Configure Script to be found?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Arch was installed for me by my son, as I said previously, and I only
>>>> resurrected it, but I don't know what was done then.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, sorry for this laughable question... lol
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ciao,
>>>>
>>>> Ollie
>>>>
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>>>> On 30/01/2020 14:19, chrys@linux-a11y.org wrote:
>>>>> Howdy Ollie,
>>>>>> because my Arch doesn't want to speak in the consol
>>>>> Using pulseaudio requires some additional step.
>>>>> did you run the configure pulseaudio script?
>>>>>
>>>>> cheers chrys
>>>>> Zitat von Mallard <mallard@kimabe.eu>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> hello Pranav,? Thanks" for confirming. I was looking into Fenrir,
>>>>>> because
>>>>>> my Arch doesn't want to speak in the console, while all is well in
>>>>>> Mate
>>>>>> desktop.? What I tried up to now has giuen no results... sigh.? I'll
>>>>>> wait
>>>>>> till Fenrir is fixed to try it out.? Ciao,? Ollie
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ?Sent from BlueMail ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 30 Jan 2020, 00:40, at 00:40, Pranav Lal <pranav.lal@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi Ollie,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Fenrir as far as I know works only in the console. I have been
>>>>>>> unable
>>>>>>> to get the latest versions working due to a problem with the pyttsx3
>>>>>>> library. The library is a cross platform library to work with
>>>>>>> speech.
>>>>>>> It seems it is executing the code meant for Microsoft windows in the
>>>>>>> Linux installs so there is a problem.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Pranav
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> From: fenrir-screenreader-bounce@freelists.org
>>>>>>> <fenrir-screenreader-bounce@freelists.org> On Behalf Of Mallard
>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2020 2:03 AM
>>>>>>> To: fenrir-screenreader@freelists.org
>>>>>>> Subject: [fenrir-screenreader] Re: Testing
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> hello Pranav,? I hear you loud and clear.? I've just resurrected my
>>>>>>> Arch and Slint installations, and was thinking of giving Fenrir a
>>>>>>> spin.
>>>>>>> I haven't followed this list at all, so I don't have a very clear
>>>>>>> picture of the current state of the screen reader.? Someone told me
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>> works in both console and graphic desktop, while my understanding
>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>> it's only for console.? Which is true?? Thanks, take care. Ollie
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sent from BlueMail <http://www.bluemail.me/r?b=15774>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 29 Jan 2020, at 18:19, Pranav Lal <pranav.lal@gmail.com
>>>>>>> <mailto:pranav.lal@gmail.com> > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>> Just testing if I? can send messages.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ?_____
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> MailingList: fenrir-screenreader@freelists.org
>>>>>>> <mailto:fenrir-screenreader@freelists.org>
>>>>>>> Website: https://linux-a11y.org
>>>>>>> Wiki: https://wiki.linux-a11y.org/doku.php?id=fenrir
>>>>>>> Code: https://github.com/chrys87/fenrir
>>>>>>> IRC Live Support:
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>>>>>>> Room: #a11y
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>>>>> Wiki: https://wiki.linux-a11y.org/doku.php?id=fenrir
>>>>> Code: https://github.com/chrys87/fenrir
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>>> Wiki: https://wiki.linux-a11y.org/doku.php?id=fenrir
>>> Code: https://github.com/chrys87/fenrir
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