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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 boo 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.  Loading Your Own Messages
1037
1038The files under the i18n subdirectory all follow the same format.
1039They consist of lines, with one message per line.
1040Each message is represented by a number, followed by the text of the message.
1041The number is the position of the message in the given collection.
1042For example, if you view the file /speakup/i18n/colors, you will see the
1043following list:
1044
10450	black
10461	blue
10472	green
10483	cyan
10494	red
10505	magenta
10516	yellow
10527	white
10538	grey
1054
1055You can change one message, or you can change a whole group.
1056To load a whole collection of messages from a new source, simply use
1057the cp command:
1058cp ~/my_colors /speakup/i18n/colors
1059You can change an individual message with the echo command,
1060as shown in the following example.
1061
1062The Spanish name for the color blue is azul.
1063Looking at the colors file, we see that the name "blue" is at position 1
1064within the colors group.  Let's change blue to azul:
1065echo '1 azul' > /speakup/i18n/colors
1066The next time that Speakup says message 1 from the colors group, it will
1067say "azul", rather than "blue."
1068
1069In the future, translations into various languages will be made available,
1070and most users will just load the files necessary for their language.
1071
107214.3.  No Support for Non-Western-European Languages
1073
1074As of the current release, Speakup only supports Western European languages.
1075Support for the extended characters used by languages outside of the Western
1076European family of languages is a work in progress.
1077
107815.  Using Speakup's Windowing Capability
1079
1080Speakup has the capability of defining and manipulating windows on the
1081screen.  Speakup uses the term "Window", to mean a user defined area of
1082the screen.  The key strokes for defining and manipulating Speakup
1083windows are as follows:
1084
1085speakup + f2 -- Set the bounds of the window.
1086Speakup + f3 -- clear the current window definition.
1087speakup + f4 -- Toggle window silence on and off.
1088speakup + keypad plus -- Say the currently defined window.
1089
1090These capabilities are useful for tracking a certain part of the screen
1091without rereading the whole screen, or for silencing a part of the
1092screen that is constantly changing, such as a clock or status line.
1093
1094There is no way to save these window settings, and you can only have one
1095window defined for each virtual console.  There is also no way to have
1096windows automatically defined for specific applications.
1097
1098In order to define a window, use the review keys to move your reading
1099cursor to the beginning of the area you want to define.  Then press
1100speakup + f2.  Speakup will tell you that the window starts at the
1101indicated row and column position.  Then move the reading cursor to the
1102end of the area to be defined as a window, and press speakup + f2 again.
1103 If there is more than one line in the window, Speakup will tell you
1104that the window ends at the indicated row and column position.  If there
1105is only one line in the window, then Speakup will tell you that the
1106window is the specified line on the screen.  If you are only defining a
1107one line window, you can just press speakup + f2 twice after placing the
1108reading cursor on the line you want to define as a window.  It is not
1109necessary to position the reading cursor at the end of the line in order
1110to define the whole line as a window.
1111
111216.  Tools for Controlling Speakup
1113
1114The speakup distribution includes extra tools (in the tools directory)
1115which were written to make speakup easier to use.  This section will
1116briefly describe the use of these tools.
1117
111816.1.  Speakupconf
1119
1120speakupconf began life as a contribution from Steve Holmes, a member of
1121the speakup community.  We would like to thank him for his work on the
1122early versions of this project.
1123
1124This script may be installed as part of your linux distribution, but if
1125it isn't, the recommended places to put it are /usr/local/bin or
1126/usr/bin.  This script can be run by any user, so it does not require
1127root privileges.
1128
1129Speakupconf allows you to save and load your Speakup settings.  It works
1130by reading and writing the /sys files described above.
1131
1132The directory that speakupconf uses to store your settings depends on
1133whether it is run from the root account.  If you execute speakupconf as
1134root, it uses the directory /etc/speakup.  Otherwise, it uses the directory
1135~/.speakup, where ~ is your home directory.
1136Anyone who needs to use Speakup from your console can load his own custom
1137settings with this script.
1138
1139speakupconf takes one required argument: load or save.
1140Use the command
1141speakupconf save
1142to save your Speakup settings, and
1143speakupconf load
1144to load them into Speakup.
1145A second argument may be specified to use an alternate directory to
1146load or save the speakup parameters.
1147
114816.2.  Talkwith
1149
1150Charles Hallenbeck, another member of the speakup community, wrote the
1151initial versions of this script, and we would also like to thank him for
1152his work on it.
1153
1154This script needs root privileges to run, so if it is not installed as
1155part of your linux distribution, the recommended places to install it
1156are /usr/local/sbin or /usr/sbin.
1157
1158Talkwith allows you to switch synthesizers on the fly.  It takes a synthesizer
1159name as an argument.  For instance,
1160talkwith dectlk
1161causes Speakup to use the DecTalk Express.  If you wish to switch to a
1162software synthesizer, you must also indicate which daemon you wish to
1163use.  There are two possible choices:
1164spd and espeakup.  spd is an abbreviation for speechd-up.
1165If you wish to use espeakup for software synthesis, give the command
1166talkwith soft espeakup
1167To use speechd-up, type:
1168talkwith soft spd
1169Any arguments that follow the name of the daemon are passed to the daemon
1170when it is invoked.  For instance:
1171talkwith espeakup --default-voice=fr
1172causes espeakup to use the French voice.
1173Note that talkwith must always be executed with root privileges.
1174
1175Talkwith does not attempt to load your settings after the new
1176synthesizer is activated.  You can use speakupconf to load your settings
1177if desired.
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12992. VERBATIM COPYING
1300
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1314
13153. COPYING IN QUANTITY
1316
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1352
13534. MODIFICATIONS
1354
1355You may copy and distribute a Modified Version of the Document under
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1437
14385. COMBINING DOCUMENTS
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1455
1456In the combination, you must combine any sections Entitled "History"
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1462
14636. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
1464
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1476
14777. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
1478
1479A compilation of the Document or its derivatives with other separate
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1487
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1495
1496
14978. TRANSLATION
1498
1499Translation is considered a kind of modification, so you may
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1517
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152910. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
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1546
1547ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents
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