The best virtualization software in my opinion is Qemu, especially wrt sound thus speech.
Cheers, Didier On 30/12/2021 19:15, Jordan Livesey wrote: > I have tried one time but was unable to get speech output and was using a > virtual machine due to my machine being a secure boot system, the debian > installer is my favorite text based installer but I like how features are > being > borrowed from it, I've yet to do a debian installation video on youtube since > I've done others > > On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 6:13 PM Didier Spaier <did...@slint.fr > <mailto:did...@slint.fr>> wrote: > > The Slint installer borrows at least one feature from the Debian > installer: the > way sound cards are probed just after booting, to find a working one > (thanks > Samuel). > > More generally, sharing ideas and features between distribution benefit > users of > all of them. Trying to find which one is the best is pointless as it > depends on > the users' needs and use cases, in other words their requirements. > > Cheers, > Didier > > On 30/12/2021 18:56, Jordan Livesey wrote: > > Another thing, about the installer, even if you don’t know how to get > speech on, > > this is for anyone new, they can just press the down arrow 5 times on > the boot > > menu on an refi system, plus on supported systems, like my old Lenovo, > you > hear > > 2 beeps, I believe the current project leader is also visually > impaired, if I > > could, I could back port orca41 since I’ve had no trouble using it > > > >> On 30 Dec 2021, at 17:52, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n...@arrl.net > <mailto:n...@arrl.net> > >> <mailto:n...@arrl.net <mailto:n...@arrl.net>>> wrote: > >> > >> Hello,friendly list, this discussion was inside another discussion and > perhaps > >> partly because of my poor choice of words, was thought to be a distro > flame > >> war, but that was never my intention or desire. > >> > >> I want to make a point about Accessibility in general and Accessibility > >> in Debian in particular. Nothing I say should be taken as an offense > to any > >> of the developers who have done an amazing job in making Linux, and > Debian in > >> particular accessible. > >> > >> My two favorite Linux distros are Debian and Slint. I have some > favorable > >> comments about how robust Slackware is opposed to Debian - or most > other > >> distributions - but that's way off topic. Suffice it to say, that > being a > >> Debian is the only way to go type person, I've been very impressed > with the > >> robustness of Slackware, especially the accessible International > version, > Slint. > >> > >> Now on topic. > >> > >> Part of accessibility is having accessibility features known about by > users > >> and have them easily used. Debian does this very well in their > installer > >> which speaks to blind or visually impaired users, and provides visually > >> impaired users with a high contrast graphical installer. Excellent. > >> > >> My original post - which I take responsibility of not wording as well > as I > >> should have mentioned "ease of use". I was attempting both to tell the > members > >> of this list, which are both users and developers about how Slint > based on > >> Slackwware has succeeded in having almost all of it's accessibility > features > >> accessible to the new non-technical user. As the blind that go to the > >> museums say: "What's good of having guided tour headphones available > in the > >> manager's office when the only notice of them is a written notice we > cannot see?" > >> > >> None of the accessibility features in Slint require any user effort > other > than > >> running a script to use. With Debian you first have to know these > features > >> even exist, then you have to install them. In Slint, thanks to Didier > Spaier's > >> work these features are documented in an accessible console document. > Of > >> course, his work depends in part on your wonderful work on brltty and > other > >> features, again, this is not an invitation to a distro war, it's just > about > >> accessibility features being accessible and my recognizing these > features > have > >> been wonderfully achieved in Slint. > >> > >> If such wonderful achievements aren't at least mentioned, some or all > of them > >> will probably never be brought into Debian to improve > accessibility.Certainly > >> as Samuel pointed out, all these features are available in Debian, but > >> unfortunately it takes a bit of digging to find out about them. > >> > >> Again, thanks to everyone for their efforts in achieving accessibility > of > >> Linux. This always was a team effort of many selfless persons > world-wide, and > >> for that I am personally grateful and appreciative. > >> > >> David > > >
