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Speakup

Product Type: 
Device modifier
Manufacturer Name: 

Product Description: 

Speakup is a free screen review package that enables users to interact with applications and the GNU/Linux operating system with audible feedback from the console using a synthetic speech device.

Main Features: 

  • Enables users to navigate around the screen using the typical screen review functions such as say word, say line, announce cursor position, and which console the user currently is on.
  • It allows users to load in configuration parameters for controlling various aspects of the synthesizer they are using, as well as Speakup itself. 
  • Allows users to interact with applications and the GNU/Linux operating system with audible feedback from the console using a synthetic speech device.

Primary Specifications: 

  • Works with Linux 3.x and 4.x kernels. Older versions supported 2.2.x, 2.4.x, and 2.6.x kernels, though these kernels are no longer under active development.
  • Supports the following synthesizers:
    • Accent PC/SA.
    • the Apollo2.
    • Artic Transport.
    • Audapter.
    • Braille 'N Speak / Type 'N Speak.
    • Dectalk External and Express.
    • the Dectalk PC internal as a module.
    • DoubleTalk PC/LT.
    • LiteTalk.
    • the Keynote Gold PC internal.
    • Speakout.
    • Speakup softsynth device.
    • Espeakup/espeak software synth as stand-alone userspace programs.

More Information: 

See Manufacturer's website.