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      2The Speakup User's Guide
      3For Speakup 3.1.2 and Later
      4By Gene Collins
      5Updated by others
      6Last modified on Mon Sep 27 14:26:31 2010
      7Document version 1.3
      8
      9Copyright (c) 2005  Gene Collins
     10Copyright (c) 2008  Samuel Thibault
     11Copyright (c) 2009, 2010  the Speakup Team
     12
     13Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
     14under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
     15any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
     16Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A
     17copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free
     18Documentation License".
     19
     20Preface
     21
     22The purpose of this document is to familiarize users with the user
     23interface to Speakup, a Linux Screen Reader.  If you need instructions
     24for installing or obtaining Speakup, visit the web site at
     25http://linux-speakup.org/.  Speakup is a set of patches to the standard
     26Linux kernel source tree.  It can be built as a series of modules, or as
     27a part of a monolithic kernel.  These details are beyond the scope of
     28this manual, but the user may need to be aware of the module
     29capabilities, depending on how your system administrator has installed
     30Speakup.  If Speakup is built as a part of a monolithic kernel, and the
     31user is using a hardware synthesizer, then Speakup will be able to
     32provide speech access from the time the kernel is loaded, until the time
     33the system is shutdown.  This means that if you have obtained Linux
     34installation media for a distribution which includes Speakup as a part
     35of its kernel, you will be able, as a blind person, to install Linux
     36with speech access unaided by a sighted person.  Again, these details
     37are beyond the scope of this manual, but the user should be aware of
     38them.  See the web site mentioned above for further details.
     39
     401.  Starting Speakup
     41
     42If your system administrator has installed Speakup to work with your
     43specific synthesizer by default, then all you need to do to use Speakup
     44is to boot your system, and Speakup should come up talking.  This
     45assumes of course  that your synthesizer is a supported hardware
     46synthesizer, and that it is either installed in or connected to your
     47system, and is if necessary powered on.
     48
     49It is possible, however, that Speakup may have been compiled into the
     50kernel with no default synthesizer.  It is even possible that your
     51kernel has been compiled with support for some of the supported
     52synthesizers and not others.  If you find that this is the case, and
     53your synthesizer is supported but not available, complain to the person
     54who compiled and installed your kernel.  Or better yet, go to the web
     55site, and learn how to patch Speakup into your own kernel source, and
     56build and install your own kernel.
     57
     58If your kernel has been compiled with Speakup, and has no default
     59synthesizer set, or you would like to use a different synthesizer than
     60the default one, then you may issue the following command at the boot
     61prompt of your boot loader.
     62
     63linux speakup.synth=ltlk
     64
     65This command would tell Speakup to look for and use a LiteTalk or
     66DoubleTalk LT at boot up.  You may replace the ltlk synthesizer keyword
     67with the keyword for whatever synthesizer you wish to use.  The
     68speakup.synth parameter will accept the following keywords, provided
     69that support for the related synthesizers has been built into the
     70kernel.
     71
     72acntsa -- Accent SA
     73acntpc -- Accent PC
     74apollo -- Apollo
     75audptr -- Audapter
     76bns -- Braille 'n Speak
     77dectlk -- DecTalk Express (old and new, db9 serial only)
     78decext -- DecTalk (old) External
     79dtlk -- DoubleTalk PC
     80keypc -- Keynote Gold PC
     81ltlk -- DoubleTalk LT, LiteTalk, or external Tripletalk (db9 serial only)
     82spkout -- Speak Out
     83txprt -- Transport
     84dummy -- Plain text terminal
     85
     86Note: Speakup does * NOT * support usb connections!  Speakup also does *
     87NOT * support the internal Tripletalk!
     88
     89Speakup does support two other synthesizers, but because they work in
     90conjunction with other software, they must be loaded as modules after
     91their related software is loaded, and so are not available at boot up.
     92These are as follows:
     93
     94decpc -- DecTalk PC (not available at boot up)
     95soft -- One of several software synthesizers (not available at boot up)
     96
     97See the sections on loading modules and software synthesizers later in
     98this manual for further details.  It should be noted here that the
     99speakup.synth boot parameter will have no effect if Speakup has been
    100compiled as modules.  In order for Speakup modules to be loaded during
    101the boot process, such action must be configured by your system
    102administrator.  This will mean that you will hear some, but not all,  of
    103the bootup messages.
    104
    1052.  Basic operation
    106
    107Once you have booted the system, and if necessary, have supplied the
    108proper bootup parameter for your synthesizer, Speakup will begin
    109talking as soon as the kernel is loaded.  In fact, it will talk a lot!
    110It will speak all the boot up messages that the kernel prints on the
    111screen during the boot process.  This is because Speakup is not a
    112separate screen reader, but is actually built into the operating
    113system.  Since almost all console applications must print text on the
    114screen using the kernel, and must get their keyboard input through the
    115kernel, they are automatically handled properly by Speakup.  There are a
    116few exceptions, but we'll come to those later.
    117
    118Note:  In this guide I will refer to the numeric keypad as the keypad.
    119This is done because the speakupmap.map file referred to later in this
    120manual uses the term keypad instead of numeric keypad.  Also I'm lazy
    121and would rather only type one word.  So keypad it is.  Got it?  Good.
    122
    123Most of the Speakup review keys are located on the keypad at the far
    124right of the keyboard.  The numlock key should be off, in order for these
    125to work.  If you toggle the numlock on, the keypad will produce numbers,
    126which is exactly what you want for spreadsheets and such.  For the
    127purposes of this guide, you should have the numlock turned off, which is
    128its default state at bootup.
    129
    130You probably won't want to listen to all the bootup messages every time
    131you start your system, though it's a good idea to listen to them at
    132least once, just so you'll know what kind of information is available to
    133you during the boot process.  You can always review these messages after
    134bootup with the command:
    135
    136dmesg | more
    137
    138In order to speed the boot process, and to silence the speaking of the
    139bootup messages, just press the keypad enter key.  This key is located
    140in the bottom right corner of the keypad.  Speakup will shut up and stay
    141that way, until you press another key.
    142
    143You can check to see if the boot process has completed by pressing the 8
    144key on the keypad, which reads the current line.  This also has the
    145effect of starting Speakup talking again, so you can press keypad enter
    146to silence it again if the boot process has not completed.
    147
    148When the boot process is complete, you will arrive at a "login" prompt.
    149At this point, you'll need to type in your user id and password, as
    150provided by your system administrator.  You will hear Speakup speak the
    151letters of your user id as you type it, but not the password.  This is
    152because the password is not displayed on the screen for security
    153reasons.  This has nothing to do with Speakup, it's a Linux security
    154feature.
    155
    156Once you've logged in, you can run any Linux command or program which is
    157allowed by your user id.  Normal users will not be able to run programs
    158which require root privileges.
    159
    160When you are running a program or command, Speakup will automatically
    161speak new text as it arrives on the screen.  You can at any time silence
    162the speech with keypad enter, or use any of the Speakup review keys.
    163
    164Here are some basic Speakup review keys, and a short description of what
    165they do.
    166
    167keypad 1 -- read previous character
    168keypad 2 -- read current character (pressing keypad 2 twice rapidly will speak
    169	the current character phonetically)
    170keypad 3 -- read next character
    171keypad 4 -- read previous word
    172keypad 5 -- read current word (press twice rapidly to spell the current word)
    173keypad 6 -- read next word
    174keypad 7 -- read previous line
    175keypad 8 -- read current line (press twice rapidly to hear how much the
    176	text on the current line is indented)
    177keypad 9 -- read next line
    178keypad period -- speak current cursor position and announce current
    179	virtual console
    180
    181It's also worth noting that the insert key on the keypad is mapped
    182as the speakup key.  Instead of pressing and releasing this key, as you
    183do under DOS or Windows, you hold it like a shift key, and press other
    184keys in combination with it.  For example, repeatedly holding keypad
    185insert, from now on called speakup, and keypad enter will toggle the
    186speaking of new text on the screen on and off.  This is not the same as
    187just pressing keypad enter by itself, which just silences the speech
    188until you hit another key.  When you hit speakup plus keypad enter,
    189Speakup will say, "You turned me off.", or "Hey, that's better."  When
    190Speakup is turned off, no new text on the screen will be spoken.  You
    191can still use the reading controls to review the screen however.
    192
    1933.  Using the Speakup Help System
    194
    195In order to enter the Speakup help system, press and hold the speakup
    196key (remember that this is the keypad insert key), and press the f1 key.
    197You will hear the message:
    198
    199"Press space to leave help, cursor up or down to scroll, or a letter to
    200go to commands in list."
    201
    202When you press the spacebar to leave the help system, you will hear:
    203
    204"Leaving help."
    205
    206While you are in the Speakup help system, you can scroll up or down
    207through the list of available commands using the cursor keys.  The list
    208of commands is arranged in alphabetical order.  If you wish to jump to
    209commands in a specific part of the alphabet, you may press the letter of
    210the alphabet you wish to jump to.
    211
    212You can also just explore by typing keyboard keys.  Pressing keys will
    213cause Speakup to speak the command associated with that key.  For
    214example, if you press the keypad 8 key, you will hear:
    215
    216"Keypad 8 is line, say current."
    217
    218You'll notice that some commands do not have keys assigned to them.
    219This is because they are very infrequently used commands, and are also
    220accessible through the sys system.  We'll discuss the sys system later
    221in this manual.
    222
    223You'll also notice that some commands have two keys assigned to them.
    224This is because Speakup has a built in set of alternative key bindings
    225for laptop users.  The alternate speakup key is the caps lock key.  You
    226can press and hold the caps lock key, while pressing an alternate
    227speakup command key to activate the command.  On most laptops, the
    228numeric keypad is defined as the keys in the j k l area of the keyboard.
    229
    230There is usually a function key which turns this keypad function on and
    231off, and some other key which controls the numlock state.  Toggling the
    232keypad functionality on and off can become a royal pain.  So, Speakup
    233gives you a simple way to get at an alternative set of key mappings for
    234your laptop.  These are also available by default on desktop systems,
    235because Speakup does not know whether it is running on a desktop or
    236laptop.  So you may choose which set of Speakup keys to use.  Some
    237system administrators may have chosen to compile Speakup for a desktop
    238system without this set of alternate key bindings, but these details are
    239beyond the scope of this manual.  To use the caps lock for its normal
    240purpose, hold the shift key while toggling the caps lock on and off.  We
    241should note here, that holding the caps lock key and pressing the z key
    242will toggle the alternate j k l keypad on and off.
    243
    2444.  Keys and Their Assigned Commands
    245
    246In this section, we'll go through a list of all the speakup keys and
    247commands.  You can also get a list of commands and assigned keys from
    248the help system.
    249
    250The following list was taken from the speakupmap.map file.  Key
    251assignments are on the left of the equal sign, and the associated
    252Speakup commands are on the right.  The designation "spk" means to press
    253and hold the speakup key, a.k.a. keypad insert, a.k.a. caps lock, while
    254pressing the other specified key.
    255
    256spk key_f9 = punc_level_dec
    257spk key_f10 = punc_level_inc
    258spk key_f11 = reading_punc_dec
    259spk key_f12 = reading_punc_inc
    260spk key_1 = vol_dec
    261spk key_2 =  vol_inc
    262spk key_3 = pitch_dec
    263spk key_4 = pitch_inc
    264spk key_5 = rate_dec
    265spk key_6 = rate_inc
    266key_kpasterisk = toggle_cursoring
    267spk key_kpasterisk = speakup_goto
    268spk key_f1 = speakup_help
    269spk key_f2 = set_win
    270spk key_f3 = clear_win
    271spk key_f4 = enable_win
    272spk key_f5 = edit_some
    273spk key_f6 = edit_most
    274spk key_f7 = edit_delim
    275spk key_f8 = edit_repeat
    276shift spk key_f9 = edit_exnum
    277 key_kp7 = say_prev_line
    278spk key_kp7 = left_edge
    279 key_kp8 = say_line
    280double  key_kp8 = say_line_indent
    281spk key_kp8 = say_from_top
    282 key_kp9 = say_next_line
    283spk  key_kp9 = top_edge
    284 key_kpminus = speakup_parked
    285spk key_kpminus = say_char_num
    286 key_kp4 = say_prev_word
    287spk key_kp4 = say_from_left
    288 key_kp5 = say_word
    289double key_kp5 = spell_word
    290spk key_kp5 = spell_phonetic
    291 key_kp6 = say_next_word
    292spk key_kp6 = say_to_right
    293 key_kpplus = say_screen
    294spk key_kpplus = say_win
    295 key_kp1 = say_prev_char
    296spk key_kp1 = right_edge
    297 key_kp2 = say_char
    298spk key_kp2 = say_to_bottom
    299double key_kp2 = say_phonetic_char
    300 key_kp3 = say_next_char
    301spk  key_kp3 = bottom_edge
    302 key_kp0 = spk_key
    303 key_kpdot = say_position
    304spk key_kpdot = say_attributes
    305key_kpenter = speakup_quiet
    306spk key_kpenter = speakup_off
    307key_sysrq = speech_kill
    308 key_kpslash = speakup_cut
    309spk key_kpslash = speakup_paste
    310spk key_pageup = say_first_char
    311spk key_pagedown = say_last_char
    312key_capslock = spk_key
    313 spk key_z = spk_lock
    314key_leftmeta = spk_key
    315ctrl spk key_0 = speakup_goto
    316spk key_u = say_prev_line
    317spk key_i = say_line
    318double spk key_i = say_line_indent
    319spk key_o = say_next_line
    320spk key_minus = speakup_parked
    321shift spk key_minus = say_char_num
    322spk key_j = say_prev_word
    323spk key_k = say_word
    324double spk key_k = spell_word
    325spk key_l = say_next_word
    326spk key_m = say_prev_char
    327spk key_comma = say_char
    328double spk key_comma = say_phonetic_char
    329spk key_dot = say_next_char
    330spk key_n = say_position
    331 ctrl spk key_m = left_edge
    332 ctrl spk key_y = top_edge
    333 ctrl spk key_dot = right_edge
    334ctrl spk key_p = bottom_edge
    335spk key_apostrophe = say_screen
    336spk key_h = say_from_left
    337spk key_y = say_from_top
    338spk key_semicolon = say_to_right
    339spk key_p = say_to_bottom
    340spk key_slash = say_attributes
    341 spk key_enter = speakup_quiet
    342 ctrl  spk key_enter = speakup_off
    343 spk key_9 = speakup_cut
    344spk key_8 = speakup_paste
    345shift spk key_m = say_first_char
    346 ctrl spk key_semicolon = say_last_char
    347spk key_r = read_all_doc
    348
    3495.  The Speakup Sys System
    350
    351The Speakup screen reader also creates a speakup subdirectory as a part
    352of the sys system.
    353
    354As a convenience, run as root
    355
    356ln -s /sys/accessibility/speakup /speakup
    357
    358to directly access speakup parameters from /speakup.
    359You can see these entries by typing the command:
    360
    361ls -1 /speakup/*
    362
    363If you issue the above ls command, you will get back something like
    364this:
    365
    366/speakup/attrib_bleep
    367/speakup/bell_pos
    368/speakup/bleep_time
    369/speakup/bleeps
    370/speakup/cursor_time
    371/speakup/delimiters
    372/speakup/ex_num
    373/speakup/key_echo
    374/speakup/keymap
    375/speakup/no_interrupt
    376/speakup/punc_all
    377/speakup/punc_level
    378/speakup/punc_most
    379/speakup/punc_some
    380/speakup/reading_punc
    381/speakup/repeats
    382/speakup/say_control
    383/speakup/say_word_ctl
    384/speakup/silent
    385/speakup/spell_delay
    386/speakup/synth
    387/speakup/synth_direct
    388/speakup/version
    389
    390/speakup/i18n:
    391announcements
    392characters
    393chartab
    394colors
    395ctl_keys
    396formatted
    397function_names
    398key_names
    399states
    400
    401/speakup/soft:
    402caps_start
    403caps_stop
    404delay_time
    405direct
    406freq
    407full_time
    408jiffy_delta
    409pitch
    410inflection
    411punct
    412rate
    413tone
    414trigger_time
    415voice
    416vol
    417
    418Notice the two subdirectories of /speakup: /speakup/i18n and
    419/speakup/soft.
    420The i18n subdirectory is described in a later section.
    421The files under /speakup/soft represent settings that are specific to the
    422driver for the software synthesizer.  If you use the LiteTalk, your
    423synthesizer-specific settings would be found in /speakup/ltlk.  In other words,
    424a subdirectory named /speakup/KWD is created to hold parameters specific
    425to the device whose keyword is KWD.
    426These parameters include volume, rate, pitch, and others.
    427
    428In addition to using the Speakup hot keys to change such things as
    429volume, pitch, and rate, you can also echo values to the appropriate
    430entry in the /speakup directory.  This is very useful, since it
    431lets you control Speakup parameters from within a script.  How you
    432would write such scripts is somewhat beyond the scope of this manual,
    433but I will include a couple of simple examples here to give you a
    434general idea of what such scripts can do.
    435
    436Suppose for example, that you wanted to control both the punctuation
    437level and the reading punctuation level at the same time.  For
    438simplicity, we'll call them punc0, punc1, punc2, and punc3.  The scripts
    439might look something like this:
    440
    441#!/bin/bash
    442# punc0
    443# set punc and reading punc levels to 0
    444echo 0 >/speakup/punc_level
    445echo 0 >/speakup/reading_punc
    446echo Punctuation level set to 0.
    447
    448#!/bin/bash
    449# punc1
    450# set punc and reading punc levels to 1
    451echo 1 >/speakup/punc_level
    452echo 1 >/speakup/reading_punc
    453echo Punctuation level set to 1.
    454
    455#!/bin/bash
    456# punc2
    457# set punc and reading punc levels to 2
    458echo 2 >/speakup/punc_level
    459echo 2 >/speakup/reading_punc
    460echo Punctuation level set to 2.
    461
    462#!/bin/bash
    463# punc3
    464# set punc and reading punc levels to 3
    465echo 3 >/speakup/punc_level
    466echo 3 >/speakup/reading_punc
    467echo Punctuation level set to 3.
    468
    469If you were to store these four small scripts in a directory in your
    470path, perhaps /usr/local/bin, and set the permissions to 755 with the
    471chmod command, then you could change the default reading punc and
    472punctuation levels at the same time by issuing just one command.  For
    473example, if you were to execute the punc3 command at your shell prompt,
    474then the reading punc and punc level would both get set to 3.
    475
    476I should note that the above scripts were written to work with bash, but
    477regardless of which shell you use, you should be able to do something
    478similar.
    479
    480The Speakup sys system also has another interesting use.  You can echo
    481Speakup parameters into the sys system in a script during system
    482startup, and speakup will return to your preferred parameters every time
    483the system is rebooted.
    484
    485Most of the Speakup sys parameters can be manipulated by a regular user
    486on the system.  However, there are a few parameters that are dangerous
    487enough that they should only be manipulated by the root user on your
    488system.  There are even some parameters that are read only, and cannot
    489be written to at all.  For example, the version entry in the Speakup
    490sys system is read only.  This is because there is no reason for a user
    491to tamper with the version number which is reported by Speakup.  Doing
    492an ls -l on /speakup/version will return this:
    493
    494-r--r--r--    1 root     root            0 Mar 21 13:46 /speakup/version
    495
    496As you can see, the version entry in the Speakup sys system is read
    497only, is owned by root, and belongs to the root group.  Doing a cat of
    498/speakup/version will display the Speakup version number, like
    499this:
    500
    501cat /speakup/version
    502Speakup v-2.00 CVS: Thu Oct 21 10:38:21 EDT 2004
    503synth dtlk version 1.1
    504
    505The display shows the Speakup version number, along with the version
    506number of the driver for the current synthesizer.
    507
    508Looking at entries in the Speakup sys system can be useful in many
    509ways.  For example, you might wish to know what level your volume is set
    510at.  You could type:
    511
    512cat /speakup/KWD/vol
    513# Replace KWD with the keyword for your synthesizer, E.G., ltlk for LiteTalk.
    5145
    515
    516The number five which comes back is the level at which the synthesizer
    517volume is set at.
    518
    519All the entries in the Speakup sys system are readable, some are
    520writable by root only, and some are writable by everyone.  Unless you
    521know what you are doing, you should probably leave the ones that are
    522writable by root only alone.  Most of the names are self explanatory.
    523Vol for controlling volume, pitch for pitch, inflection for pitch range, rate
    524for controlling speaking rate, etc.  If you find one you aren't sure about, you
    525can post a query on the Speakup list.
    526
    5276.  Changing Synthesizers
    528
    529It is possible to change to a different synthesizer while speakup is
    530running.  In other words, it is not necessary to reboot the system
    531in order to use a different synthesizer.  You can simply echo the
    532synthesizer keyword to the /speakup/synth sys entry.
    533Depending on your situation, you may wish to echo none to the synth
    534sys entry, to disable speech while one synthesizer is disconnected and
    535a second one is connected in its place.  Then echo the keyword for the
    536new synthesizer into the synth sys entry in order to start speech
    537with the newly connected synthesizer.  See the list of synthesizer
    538keywords in section 1 to find the keyword which matches your synth.
    539
    5407.  Loading modules
    541
    542As mentioned earlier, Speakup can either be completely compiled into the
    543kernel, with the exception of the help module, or it can be compiled as
    544a series of modules.   When compiled as modules, Speakup will only be
    545able to speak some of the bootup messages if your system administrator
    546has configured the system to load the modules at boot time. The modules
    547can  be loaded after the file systems have been checked and mounted, or
    548from an initrd.  There is a third possibility.  Speakup can be compiled
    549with some components built into the kernel, and others as modules.  As
    550we'll see in the next section, this is particularly useful when you are
    551working with software synthesizers.
    552
    553If Speakup is completely compiled as modules, then you must use the
    554modprobe command to load Speakup.  You do this by loading the module for
    555the synthesizer driver you wish to use.  The driver modules are all
    556named speakup_<keyword>, where <keyword> is the keyword for the
    557synthesizer you want.  So, in order to load the driver for the DecTalk
    558Express, you would type the following command:
    559
    560modprobe speakup_dectlk
    561
    562Issuing this command would load the DecTalk Express driver and all other
    563related Speakup modules necessary to get Speakup up and running.
    564
    565To completely unload Speakup, again presuming that it is entirely built
    566as modules, you would give the command:
    567
    568modprobe -r speakup_dectlk
    569
    570The above command assumes you were running a DecTalk Express.  If you
    571were using a different synth, then you would substitute its keyword in
    572place of dectlk.
    573
    574If you have multiple drivers loaded, you need to unload all of them, in
    575order to completely unload Speakup.
    576For example, if you have loaded both the dectlk and ltlk drivers, use the
    577command:
    578modprobe -r speakup_dectlk speakup_ltlk
    579
    580You cannot unload the driver for software synthesizers when a user-space
    581daemon is using /dev/softsynth.  First, kill the daemon.  Next, remove
    582the driver with the command:
    583modprobe -r speakup_soft
    584
    585Now, suppose we have a situation where the main Speakup component
    586is built into the kernel, and some or all of the drivers are built as
    587modules.  Since the main part of Speakup is compiled into the kernel, a
    588partial Speakup sys system has been created which we can take advantage
    589of by simply echoing the synthesizer keyword into the
    590/speakup/synth sys entry.  This will cause the kernel to
    591automatically load the appropriate driver module, and start Speakup
    592talking.  To switch to another synth, just echo a new keyword to the
    593synth sys entry.  For example, to load the DoubleTalk LT driver,
    594you would type:
    595
    596echo ltlk >/speakup/synth
    597
    598You can use the modprobe -r command to unload driver modules, regardless
    599of whether the main part of Speakup has been built into the kernel or
    600not.
    601
    6028.  Using Software Synthesizers
    603
    604Using a software synthesizer requires that some other software be
    605installed and running on your system.  For this reason, software
    606synthesizers are not available for use at bootup, or during a system
    607installation process.
    608There are two freely-available solutions for software speech: Espeakup and
    609Speech Dispatcher.
    610These are described in subsections 8.1 and 8.2, respectively.
    611
    612During the rest of this section, we assume that speakup_soft is either
    613built in to your kernel, or loaded as a module.
    614
    615If your system does not have udev installed , before you can use a
    616software synthesizer, you must have created the /dev/softsynth device.
    617If you have not already done so, issue the following commands as root:
    618
    619cd /dev
    620mknod softsynth c 10 26
    621
    622While we are at it, we might just as well create the /dev/synth device,
    623which can be used to let user space programs send information to your
    624synthesizer.  To create /dev/synth, change to the /dev directory, and
    625issue the following command as root:
    626
    627mknod synth c 10 25
    628
    629of both.
    630
    6318.1. Espeakup
    632
    633Espeakup is a connector between Speakup and the eSpeak software synthesizer.
    634Espeakup may already be available as a package for your distribution
    635of Linux.  If it is not packaged, you need to install it manually.
    636You can find it in the contrib/ subdirectory of the Speakup sources.
    637The filename is espeakup-$VERSION.tar.bz2, where $VERSION
    638depends on the current release of Espeakup.  The Speakup 3.1.2 source
    639ships with version 0.71 of Espeakup.
    640The README file included with the Espeakup sources describes the process
    641of manual installation.
    642
    643Assuming that Espeakup is installed, either by the user or by the distributor,
    644follow these steps to use it.
    645
    646Tell Speakup to use the "soft driver:
    647echo soft > /speakup/synth
    648
    649Finally, start the espeakup program.  There are two ways to do it.
    650Both require root privileges.
    651
    652If Espeakup was installed as a package for your Linux distribution,
    653you probably have a distribution-specific script that controls the operation
    654of the daemon.  Look for a file named espeakup under /etc/init.d or
    655/etc/rc.d.  Execute the following command with root privileges:
    656/etc/init.d/espeakup start
    657Replace init.d with rc.d, if your distribution uses scripts located under
    658/etc/rc.d.
    659Your distribution will also have a procedure for starting daemons at
    660boot-time, so it is possible to have software speech as soon as user-space
    661daemons are started by the bootup scripts.
    662These procedures are not described in this document.
    663
    664If you built Espeakup manually, the "make install" step placed the binary
    665under /usr/bin.
    666Run the following command as root:
    667/usr/bin/espeakup
    668Espeakup should start speaking.
    669
    6708.2. Speech Dispatcher
    671
    672For this option, you must have a package called
    673Speech Dispatcher running on your system, and it must be configured to
    674work with one of its supported software synthesizers.
    675
    676Two open source synthesizers you might use are Flite and Festival.  You
    677might also choose to purchase the Software DecTalk from Fonix Sales Inc.
    678If you run a google search for Fonix, you'll find their web site.
    679
    680You can obtain a copy of Speech Dispatcher from free(b)soft at
    681http://www.freebsoft.org/.  Follow the installation instructions that
    682come with Speech Dispatcher in order to install and configure Speech
    683Dispatcher.  You can check out the web site for your Linux distribution
    684in order to get a copy of either Flite or Festival.  Your Linux
    685distribution may also have a precompiled Speech Dispatcher package.
    686
    687Once you've installed, configured, and tested Speech Dispatcher with your
    688chosen software synthesizer, you still need one more piece of software
    689in order to make things work.  You need a package called speechd-up.
    690You get it from the free(b)soft web site mentioned above.  After you've
    691compiled and installed speechd-up, you are almost ready to begin using
    692your software synthesizer.
    693
    694Now you can begin using your software synthesizer.  In order to do so,
    695echo the soft keyword to the synth sys entry like this:
    696
    697echo soft >/speakup/synth
    698
    699Next run the speechd_up command like this:
    700
    701speechd_up &
    702
    703Your synth should now start talking, and you should be able to adjust
    704the pitch, rate, etc.
    705
    7069.  Using The DecTalk PC Card
    707
    708The DecTalk PC card is an ISA card that is inserted into one of the ISA
    709slots in your computer.  It requires that the DecTalk PC software be
    710installed on your computer, and that the software be loaded onto the
    711Dectalk PC card before it can be used.
    712
    713You can get the dec_pc.tgz file from the linux-speakup.org site.  The
    714dec_pc.tgz file is in the ~ftp/pub/linux/speakup directory.
    715
    716After you have downloaded the dec_pc.tgz file, untar it in your home
    717directory, and read the Readme file in the newly created dec_pc
    718directory.
    719
    720The easiest way to get the software working is to copy the entire dec_pc
    721directory into /user/local/lib.  To do this, su to root in your home
    722directory, and issue the command:
    723
    724cp dec_pc /usr/local/lib
    725
    726You will need to copy the dtload command from the dec_pc directory to a
    727directory in your path.  Either /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin is a good
    728choice.
    729
    730You can now run the dtload command in order to load the DecTalk PC
    731software onto the card.  After you have done this, echo the decpc
    732keyword to the synth entry in the sys system like this:
    733
    734echo decpc >/speakup/synth
    735
    736Your DecTalk PC should start talking, and then you can adjust the pitch,
    737rate, volume, voice, etc.  The voice entry in the Speakup sys system
    738will accept a number from 0 through 7 for the DecTalk PC synthesizer,
    739which will give you access to some of the DecTalk voices.
    740
    74110.  Using Cursor Tracking
    742
    743In Speakup version 2.0 and later, cursor tracking is turned on by
    744default.  This means that when you are using an editor, Speakup will
    745automatically speak characters as you move left and right with the
    746cursor keys, and lines as you move up and down with the cursor keys.
    747This is the traditional sort of cursor tracking.
    748Recent versions of Speakup provide two additional ways to control the
    749text that is spoken when the cursor is moved:
    750"highlight tracking" and "read window."
    751They are described later in this section.
    752Sometimes, these modes get in your way, so you can disable cursor tracking
    753altogether.
    754
    755You may select among the various forms of cursor tracking using the keypad
    756asterisk key.
    757Each time you press this key, a new mode is selected, and Speakup speaks
    758the name of the new mode.  The names for the four possible states of cursor
    759tracking are: "cursoring on", "highlight tracking", "read window",
    760and "cursoring off."  The keypad asterisk key moves through the list of
    761modes in a circular fashion.
    762
    763If highlight tracking is enabled, Speakup tracks highlighted text,
    764rather than the cursor itself. When you move the cursor with the arrow keys,
    765Speakup speaks the currently highlighted information.
    766This is useful when moving through various menus and dialog boxes.
    767If cursor tracking isn't helping you while navigating a menu,
    768try highlight tracking.
    769
    770With the "read window" variety of cursor tracking, you can limit the text
    771that Speakup speaks by specifying a window of interest on the screen.
    772See section 15 for a description of the process of defining windows.
    773When you move the cursor via the arrow keys, Speakup only speaks
    774the contents of the window.  This is especially helpful when you are hearing
    775superfluous speech.  Consider the following example.
    776
    777Suppose that you are at a shell prompt.  You use bash, and you want to
    778explore your command history using the up and down arrow keys.  If you
    779have enabled cursor tracking, you will hear two pieces of information.
    780Speakup speaks both your shell prompt and the current entry from the
    781command history.  You may not want to hear the prompt repeated
    782each time you move, so you can silence it by specifying a window.  Find
    783the last line of text on the screen.  Clear the current window by pressing
    784the key combination speakup f3.  Use the review cursor to find the first
    785character that follows your shell prompt.  Press speakup + f2 twice, to
    786define a one-line window.  The boundaries of the window are the
    787character following the shell prompt and the end of the line.  Now, cycle
    788through the cursor tracking modes using keypad asterisk, until Speakup
    789says "read window."  Move through your history using your arrow keys.
    790You will notice that Speakup no longer speaks the redundant prompt.
    791
    792Some folks like to turn cursor tracking off while they are using the
    793lynx web browser.  You definitely want to turn cursor tracking off when
    794you are using the alsamixer application.  Otherwise, you won't be able
    795to hear your mixer settings while you are using the arrow keys.
    796
    79711.  Cut and Paste
    798
    799One of Speakup's more useful features is the ability to cut and paste
    800text on the screen.  This means that you can capture information from a
    801program, and paste that captured text into a different place in the
    802program, or into an entirely different program, which may even be
    803running on a different console.
    804
    805For example, in this manual, we have made references to several web
    806sites.  It would be nice if you could cut and paste these urls into your
    807web browser.  Speakup does this quite nicely.  Suppose you wanted to
    808past the following url into your browser:
    809
    810http://linux-speakup.org/
    811
    812Use the speakup review keys to position the reading cursor on the first
    813character of the above url.  When the reading cursor is in position,
    814press the keypad slash key once.  Speakup will say, "mark".  Next,
    815position the reading cursor on the rightmost character of the above
    816url. Press the keypad slash key once again to actually cut the text
    817from the screen.  Speakup will say, "cut".  Although we call this
    818cutting, Speakup does not actually delete the cut text from the screen.
    819It makes a copy of the text in a special buffer for later pasting.
    820
    821Now that you have the url cut from the screen, you can paste it into
    822your browser, or even paste the url on a command line as an argument to
    823your browser.
    824
    825Suppose you want to start lynx and go to the Speakup site.
    826
    827You can switch to a different console with the alt left and right
    828arrows, or you can switch to a specific console by typing alt and a
    829function key.  These are not Speakup commands, just standard Linux
    830console capabilities.
    831
    832Once you've changed to an appropriate console, and are at a shell prompt,
    833type the word lynx, followed by a space.  Now press and hold the speakup
    834key, while you type the keypad slash character.  The url will be pasted
    835onto the command line, just as though you had typed it in.  Press the
    836enter key to execute the command.
    837
    838The paste buffer will continue to hold the cut information, until a new
    839mark and cut operation is carried out.  This means you can paste the cut
    840information as many times as you like before doing another cut
    841operation.
    842
    843You are not limited to cutting and pasting only one line on the screen.
    844You can also cut and paste rectangular regions of the screen.  Just
    845position the reading cursor at the top left corner of the text to be
    846cut, mark it with the keypad slash key, then position the reading cursor
    847at the bottom right corner of the region to be cut, and cut it with the
    848keypad slash key.
    849
    85012.  Changing the Pronunciation of Characters
    851
    852Through the /speakup/i18n/characters sys entry, Speakup gives you the
    853ability to change how Speakup pronounces a given character.  You could,
    854for example, change how some punctuation characters are spoken.  You can
    855even change how Speakup will pronounce certain letters.
    856
    857You may, for example, wish to change how Speakup pronounces the z
    858character.  The author of Speakup, Kirk Reiser, is Canadian, and thus
    859believes that the z should be pronounced zed.  If you are an American,
    860you might wish to use the zee pronunciation instead of zed.  You can
    861change the pronunciation of both the upper and lower case z with the
    862following two commands:
    863
    864echo 90 zee >/speakup/characters
    865echo 122 zee >/speakup/characters
    866
    867Let's examine the parts of the two previous commands.  They are issued
    868at the shell prompt, and could be placed in a startup script.
    869
    870The word echo tells the shell that you want to have it display the
    871string of characters that follow the word echo.  If you were to just
    872type:
    873
    874echo hello.
    875
    876You would get the word hello printed on your screen as soon as you
    877pressed the enter key.  In this case, we are echoing strings that we
    878want to be redirected into the sys system.
    879
    880The numbers 90 and 122 in the above echo commands are the ascii numeric
    881values for the upper and lower case z, the characters we wish to change.
    882
    883The string zee is the pronunciation that we want Speakup to use for the
    884upper and lower case z.
    885
    886The > symbol redirects the output of the echo command to a file, just
    887like in DOS, or at the Windows command prompt.
    888
    889And finally, /speakup/i18n/characters is the file entry in the sys system
    890where we want the output to be directed.  Speakup looks at the numeric
    891value of the character we want to change, and inserts the pronunciation
    892string into an internal table.
    893
    894You can look at the whole table with the following command:
    895
    896cat /speakup/i18n/characters
    897
    898Speakup will then print out the entire character pronunciation table.  I
    899won't display it here, but leave you to look at it at your convenience.
    900
    90113.  Mapping Keys
    902
    903Speakup has the capability of allowing you to assign or "map" keys to
    904internal Speakup commands.  This section necessarily assumes you have a
    905Linux kernel source tree installed, and that it has been patched and
    906configured with Speakup.  How you do this is beyond the scope of this
    907manual.  For this information, visit the Speakup web site at
    908http://linux-speakup.org/.  The reason you'll need the kernel source
    909tree patched with Speakup is that the genmap utility you'll need for
    910processing keymaps is in the
    911/usr/src/linux-<version_number>/drivers/char/speakup directory.  The
    912<version_number> in the above directory path is the version number of
    913the Linux source tree you are working with.
    914
    915So ok, you've gone off and gotten your kernel source tree, and patched
    916and configured it.  Now you can start manipulating keymaps.
    917
    918You can either use the
    919/usr/src/linux-<version_number>/drivers/char/speakup/speakupmap.map file
    920included with the Speakup source, or you can cut and paste the copy in
    921section 4 into a separate file.  If you use the one in the Speakup
    922source tree, make sure you make a backup of it before you start making
    923changes.  You have been warned!
    924
    925Suppose that you want to swap the key assignments for the Speakup
    926say_last_char and the Speakup say_first_char commands.  The
    927speakupmap.map lists the key mappings for these two commands as follows:
    928
    929spk key_pageup = say_first_char
    930spk key_pagedown = say_last_char
    931
    932You can edit your copy of the speakupmap.map file and swap the command
    933names on the right side of the = (equals) sign.  You did make a backup,
    934right?  The new keymap lines would look like this:
    935
    936spk key_pageup = say_last_char
    937spk key_pagedown = say_first_char
    938
    939After you edit your copy of the speakupmap.map file, save it under a new
    940file name, perhaps newmap.map.  Then exit your editor and return to the
    941shell prompt.
    942
    943You are now ready to load your keymap with your swapped key assignments.
    944 Assuming that you saved your new keymap as the file newmap.map, you
    945would load your keymap into the sys system like this:
    946
    947/usr/src/linux-<version_number>/drivers/char/speakup/genmap newmap.map
    948>/speakup/keymap
    949
    950Remember to substitute your kernel version number for the
    951<version_number> in the above command.  Also note that although the
    952above command wrapped onto two lines in this document, you should type
    953it all on one line.
    954
    955Your say first and say last characters should now be swapped.  Pressing
    956speakup pagedown should read you the first non-whitespace character on
    957the line your reading cursor is in, and pressing speakup pageup should
    958read you the last character on the line your reading cursor is in.
    959
    960You should note that these new mappings will only stay in effect until
    961you reboot, or until you load another keymap.
    962
    963One final warning.  If you try to load a partial map, you will quickly
    964find that all the mappings you didn't include in your file got deleted
    965from the working map.  Be extremely careful, and always make a backup!
    966You have been warned!
    967
    96814.  Internationalizing Speakup
    969
    970Speakup indicates various conditions to the user by speaking messages.
    971For instance, when you move to the left edge of the screen with the
    972review keys, Speakup says, "left."
    973Prior to version 3.1.0 of Speakup, all of these messages were in English,
    974and they could not be changed.  If you used a non-English synthesizer,
    975you still heard English messages, such as "left" and "cursoring on."
    976In version 3.1.0 or higher, one may load translations for the various
    977messages via the /sys filesystem.
    978
    979The directory /speakup/i18n contains several collections of messages.
    980Each group of messages is stored in its own file.
    981The following section lists all of these files, along with a brief description
    982of each.
    983
    98414.1.  Files Under the i18n Subdirectory
    985
    986* announcements:
    987This file contains various general announcements, most of which cannot
    988be categorized.  You will find messages such as "You killed Speakup",
    989"I'm alive", "leaving help", "parked", "unparked", and others.
    990You will also find the names of the screen edges and cursor tracking modes
    991here.
    992
    993* characters:
    994See section 12 for a description of this file.
    995
    996* chartab:
    997See section 12.  Unlike the rest of the files in the i18n subdirectory,
    998this one does not contain messages to be spoken.
    999
   1000* colors:
   1001When you use the "say attributes" function, Speakup says the name of the
   1002foreground and background colors.  These names come from the i18n/colors
   1003file.
   1004
   1005* ctl_keys:
   1006Here, you will find names of control keys.  These are used with Speakup's
   1007say_control feature.
   1008
   1009* formatted:
   1010This group of messages contains embedded formatting codes, to specify
   1011the type and width of displayed data.  If you change these, you must
   1012preserve all of the formatting codes, and they must appear in the order
   1013used by the default messages.
   1014
   1015* function_names:
   1016Here, you will find a list of names for Speakup functions.  These are used
   1017by the help system.  For example, suppose that you have activated help mode,
   1018and you pressed keypad 3.  Speakup says:
   1019"keypad 3 is character, say next."
   1020The message "character, say next" names a Speakup function, and it
   1021comes from this function_names file.
   1022
   1023* key_names:
   1024Again, key_names is used by Speakup's help system.  In the previous
   1025example, Speakup said that you pressed "keypad 3."
   1026This name came from the key_names file.
   1027
   1028* states:
   1029This file contains names for key states.
   1030Again, these are part of the help system.  For instance, if you had pressed
   1031speakup + keypad 3, you would hear:
   1032"speakup keypad 3 is go to bottom edge."
   1033The speakup key is depressed, so the name of the key state is speakup.
   1034This part of the message comes from the states collection.
   1035
   103614.2.  Changing language
   1037
   103814.2.1. Loading Your Own Messages
   1039
   1040The files under the i18n subdirectory all follow the same format.
   1041They consist of lines, with one message per line.
   1042Each message is represented by a number, followed by the text of the message.
   1043The number is the position of the message in the given collection.
   1044For example, if you view the file /speakup/i18n/colors, you will see the
   1045following list:
   1046
   10470	black
   10481	blue
   10492	green
   10503	cyan
   10514	red
   10525	magenta
   10536	yellow
   10547	white
   10558	grey
   1056
   1057You can change one message, or you can change a whole group.
   1058To load a whole collection of messages from a new source, simply use
   1059the cp command:
   1060cp ~/my_colors /speakup/i18n/colors
   1061You can change an individual message with the echo command,
   1062as shown in the following example.
   1063
   1064The Spanish name for the color blue is azul.
   1065Looking at the colors file, we see that the name "blue" is at position 1
   1066within the colors group.  Let's change blue to azul:
   1067echo '1 azul' > /speakup/i18n/colors
   1068The next time that Speakup says message 1 from the colors group, it will
   1069say "azul", rather than "blue."
   1070
   107114.2.2. Choose a language
   1072
   1073In the future, translations into various languages will be made available,
   1074and most users will just load the files necessary for their language. So far,
   1075only French language is available beyond native Canadian English language.
   1076
   1077French is only available after you are logged in.
   1078
   1079Canadian English is the default language. To toggle another language,
   1080download the source of Speakup and untar it in your home directory. The
   1081following command should let you do this:
   1082
   1083tar xvjf speakup-<version>.tar.bz2
   1084
   1085where <version> is the version number of the application.
   1086
   1087Next, change to the newly created directory, then into the tools/ directory, and
   1088run the script speakup_setlocale. You are asked the language that you want to
   1089use. Type the number associated to your language (e.g. fr for French) then press
   1090Enter. Needed files are copied in the i18n directory.
   1091
   1092Note: the speakupconf must be installed on your system so that settings are saved.
   1093Otherwise, you will have an error: your language will be loaded but you will
   1094have to run the script again every time Speakup restarts.
   1095See section 16.1. for information about speakupconf.
   1096
   1097You will have to repeat these steps for any change of locale, i.e. if you wish
   1098change the speakup's language or charset (iso-8859-15 ou UTF-8).
   1099
   1100If you wish store the settings, note that at your next login, you will need to
   1101do:
   1102
   1103speakup load
   1104
   1105Alternatively, you can add the above line to your file
   1106~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile.
   1107
   1108If your system administrator ran himself the script, all the users will be able
   1109to change from English to the language choosed by root and do directly
   1110speakupconf load (or add this to the ~/.bashrc or
   1111~/.bash_profile file). If there are several languages to handle, the
   1112administrator (or every user) will have to run the first steps until speakupconf
   1113save, choosing the appropriate language, in every user's home directory. Every
   1114user will then be able to do speakupconf load, Speakup will load his own settings.
   1115
   111614.3.  No Support for Non-Western-European Languages
   1117
   1118As of the current release, Speakup only supports Western European languages.
   1119Support for the extended characters used by languages outside of the Western
   1120European family of languages is a work in progress.
   1121
   112215.  Using Speakup's Windowing Capability
   1123
   1124Speakup has the capability of defining and manipulating windows on the
   1125screen.  Speakup uses the term "Window", to mean a user defined area of
   1126the screen.  The key strokes for defining and manipulating Speakup
   1127windows are as follows:
   1128
   1129speakup + f2 -- Set the bounds of the window.
   1130Speakup + f3 -- clear the current window definition.
   1131speakup + f4 -- Toggle window silence on and off.
   1132speakup + keypad plus -- Say the currently defined window.
   1133
   1134These capabilities are useful for tracking a certain part of the screen
   1135without rereading the whole screen, or for silencing a part of the
   1136screen that is constantly changing, such as a clock or status line.
   1137
   1138There is no way to save these window settings, and you can only have one
   1139window defined for each virtual console.  There is also no way to have
   1140windows automatically defined for specific applications.
   1141
   1142In order to define a window, use the review keys to move your reading
   1143cursor to the beginning of the area you want to define.  Then press
   1144speakup + f2.  Speakup will tell you that the window starts at the
   1145indicated row and column position.  Then move the reading cursor to the
   1146end of the area to be defined as a window, and press speakup + f2 again.
   1147 If there is more than one line in the window, Speakup will tell you
   1148that the window ends at the indicated row and column position.  If there
   1149is only one line in the window, then Speakup will tell you that the
   1150window is the specified line on the screen.  If you are only defining a
   1151one line window, you can just press speakup + f2 twice after placing the
   1152reading cursor on the line you want to define as a window.  It is not
   1153necessary to position the reading cursor at the end of the line in order
   1154to define the whole line as a window.
   1155
   115616.  Tools for Controlling Speakup
   1157
   1158The speakup distribution includes extra tools (in the tools directory)
   1159which were written to make speakup easier to use.  This section will
   1160briefly describe the use of these tools.
   1161
   116216.1.  Speakupconf
   1163
   1164speakupconf began life as a contribution from Steve Holmes, a member of
   1165the speakup community.  We would like to thank him for his work on the
   1166early versions of this project.
   1167
   1168This script may be installed as part of your linux distribution, but if
   1169it isn't, the recommended places to put it are /usr/local/bin or
   1170/usr/bin.  This script can be run by any user, so it does not require
   1171root privileges.
   1172
   1173Speakupconf allows you to save and load your Speakup settings.  It works
   1174by reading and writing the /sys files described above.
   1175
   1176The directory that speakupconf uses to store your settings depends on
   1177whether it is run from the root account.  If you execute speakupconf as
   1178root, it uses the directory /etc/speakup.  Otherwise, it uses the directory
   1179~/.speakup, where ~ is your home directory.
   1180Anyone who needs to use Speakup from your console can load his own custom
   1181settings with this script.
   1182
   1183speakupconf takes one required argument: load or save.
   1184Use the command
   1185speakupconf save
   1186to save your Speakup settings, and
   1187speakupconf load
   1188to load them into Speakup.
   1189A second argument may be specified to use an alternate directory to
   1190load or save the speakup parameters.
   1191
   119216.2.  Talkwith
   1193
   1194Charles Hallenbeck, another member of the speakup community, wrote the
   1195initial versions of this script, and we would also like to thank him for
   1196his work on it.
   1197
   1198This script needs root privileges to run, so if it is not installed as
   1199part of your linux distribution, the recommended places to install it
   1200are /usr/local/sbin or /usr/sbin.
   1201
   1202Talkwith allows you to switch synthesizers on the fly.  It takes a synthesizer
   1203name as an argument.  For instance,
   1204talkwith dectlk
   1205causes Speakup to use the DecTalk Express.  If you wish to switch to a
   1206software synthesizer, you must also indicate which daemon you wish to
   1207use.  There are two possible choices:
   1208spd and espeakup.  spd is an abbreviation for speechd-up.
   1209If you wish to use espeakup for software synthesis, give the command
   1210talkwith soft espeakup
   1211To use speechd-up, type:
   1212talkwith soft spd
   1213Any arguments that follow the name of the daemon are passed to the daemon
   1214when it is invoked.  For instance:
   1215talkwith espeakup --default-voice=fr
   1216causes espeakup to use the French voice.
   1217Note that talkwith must always be executed with root privileges.
   1218
   1219Talkwith does not attempt to load your settings after the new
   1220synthesizer is activated.  You can use speakupconf to load your settings
   1221if desired.
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