Help with running Speakup on Kali Linux

[Timothy Breitenfeldt]

Thank you for the replies. I am still fairly new to using Linux, I am
a computer science major and am currently taking a C and unix class
right now. I now feel comfortable enough with the basics to switch to
using only a shell for access. I have played with Linux for a while,
and have always preferred the console over Gnome desktop GUI for
accessibility. I have almost no vision, and am currently using orca.

Here is the link to the post I referred to on getting speakup running on Kali.

http://linux-speakup.org/pipermail/speakup/2015-May/058755.html

I followed all of the instructions here, and saw no change. Speakup
never came up talking at the bootup screen. I tried typing speakup
into the terminal while in gnome, but it didn't recognize the command.

I don't know much about the kernel yet, it is something I will learn
next quarter along with other operating system concepts.

Thank you for the tip on switching to console mode. I would assume
that I can switch back to Gnome using the same shortcut I used to
switched to console mode (ctrl+alt+ 1-6)?

Can someone take a look at this post and see if you can help?

Thanks,

TJ Breitenfeldt

On 1/27/18, Kirk Reiser <kirk at reisers.ca> wrote:
> To answer the other portion of your query, to move from a gui console
> to a text console just type control-alt-f1 or any other of the
> function keys from 1 to six. You can learn to kill off gnome and gdm at
> a later point if you find you're happy using console mode.
>
> On Sat, 27 Jan 2018, Okash Khawaja wrote:
>
>> Hi Timothy,
>>
>> Welcome to speakup :)
>>
>> There is http://linux-speakup.org/spkguide.txt which should help.
>> Basically you need two kernel modules loaded. One is speakup.ko and
>> the other depends upon which synthesizer you want to use. So for
>> example for Apollo you'll need speakup_apollo.ko. You can also use
>> software synth speakup_soft.ko if you don't have a hardware synth. All
>> supported synths are mentioned in spkguide linked above.
>>
>> If it's a hardware synth then the two kernel modules is all you need.
>> If it's speakup_soft.ko then some user-space text-to-speech software
>> will be required. If you can explain where you're getting stuck then
>> we can help more :)
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Okash
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 7:36 AM, Timothy Breitenfeldt
>> <timothyjb310 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi, i recently installed Kali onto an old laptop. I would really like
>>> to just run Kali in console mode and completely ignore the GUI .To do
>>> this, I know I need speakup. I found a couple refferences in the
>>> archives for this mailing list, but I couldn't get it to work with the
>>> instructions given. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get
>>> speakup running on Kali, as well as how to switch from Gnome desktop
>>> to just a console?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> TJ Breitenfeldt
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> --
> Well that's it then, colour me secure!
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