Hello list,Recently I've enabled the recording of the audio that is generated by espeakup in the speech version of the installer (netinst image) in openQA. The first step of the installer is recorded.
You can see the result here: https://openqa.debian.net/tests/325775 The most striking recording is at step 2:6:1 https://openqa.debian.net/tests/325775/file/bootwalk_2:6:1-captured.wav which is about 5 minutes long and lists 78 language options.Before asking questions at the debian-accessibility mailing list, I'll ask some technical questions here: * Are all these languages supported by the speech generators? (I've noticed e.g. 'Chinese letter - Chinese letter' being spoken at 1:00) -> i.e. should the list of languages be reduced for this specific variant of the installer, because the speech module cannot read it? * Could a different font be used to show the UTF-8 characters, similar to the text installer? (I've noticed the square symbols for missing glyphs) * The spoken text 'Prompt. For help' does not speak the most important bit, i.e. that the question mark will show the help text * Nowadays newer TTS voices exist that speak a more natural language (e.g. piper https://rhasspy.github.io/piper-samples/), could this be used instead?
I'm very well aware of the huge amount of work needed to implement this, for a team that is already under load.
At least I'll be able to help with the automated testing side, on openQA. With kind regards, Roland Clobus
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