Support for software speech synthesis is available on all installer images which
have the graphical installer, i.e. all netinst, CD and DVD images, and the
netboot gtk variant. It can be activated by selecting it in the
boot menu by typing s Enter. The textual version
of the installer will then be automatically selected, and support for software
speech synthesis will be automatically installed on the target system.
If several sound cards are detected, you will be prompted to press Enter when you hear speech from the desired sound card.
The first question (language) is spoken in english, and the remainder
of installation is spoken in the selected language (if available in
espeak).
The default speech rate is quite slow. To make it faster, press
CapsLock+6.
To make it slower, press
CapsLock+5.
The default volume should be medium. To make it louder, press
CapsLock+2.
To make it quieter, press
CapsLock+1.
To get more details on the browsing shortcuts, see the
Speakup guide.
To just accept the default answer for a question, simply press
Enter at the prompt.
To provide an empty answer for a question, type ! at the
prompt.
To get back to the previous question, type < at the
prompt.
Here is the image I recommend. I'm not a free software purist, I just want a system that works.
To get the install CD:
Remember to press s as described above and then to follow the instructions to press RETURN when you hear the sound on your computer.
After installing, get the multimedia gpg key.
wget http://www.deb-multimedia.org/pool/main/d/deb-multimedia-keyring/deb-multimedia-keyring_2016.8.1_all.deb && dpkg -i deb-multimedia-keyring_2016.8.1_all.deb
I include an updated /etc/apt/sources.list file, save the one you have using root to move to sources.list to sources.list.orig and then saving this one as sources.list.
File attached.
Update and upgrade.
Regards,
David
@David If you don't mind explaining, "How does a blind person find Section 5.2.4 in the Debian Wiki?"@All,I've started a campaign at UNC Chapel Hill. Put my O.P. on paper, tiny font--posting with thumbtacks on bulletin boards. Maybe I can find a student or two to help. Why are all those people on Tweeter? They should be here.As for me, the irony of me helping YOU has not escaped me, despite my humor impairment. I have a six foot tall stack of technical papers titled for example "Portable Generative Design for CAD Applications" which I have to reed one line at a time an inch from my face.Thanks for all the great, useful suggestions. For now, its Ubuntu for me--but remember it is Debian derived! (Ubuntu's screen reader just red my root password out loud in the terminal window for "sudo". Although it did remind me of Stephen Hawking and made Scheming Pony smile.Regards, Stewart