]0;root@ubuntu: ~root@ubuntu:~# systemctl status espeakup.service
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[0;1;31m●[0m espeakup.service - Software speech output for Speakup[m
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/espeakup.service; enabled; vendor
pres[m[7m>[27m
Active: [0;1;31mfailed[0m (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2023-02-06
19:49:21 UTC; 26s [m[7m>[27m
Docs: man:espeakup(8)[m
Process: 1748 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c modprobe speakup_soft &&
/usr/bin/espeak[m[7m>[27m
[m
Feb 06 19:49:21 ubuntu systemd[1]: [0;1;39m[0;1;31m[0;1;39mespeakup.service:
Control process exited, cod[m[7m>[27m
Feb 06 19:49:21 ubuntu systemd[1]:
[0;1;38;5;185m[0;1;39m[0;1;38;5;185mespeakup.service: Failed with result
'exit-co[m[7m>[27m
Feb 06 19:49:21 ubuntu systemd[1]: [0;1;31m[0;1;39m[0;1;31mFailed to start
Software speech output for Sp[m[7m>[27m
Feb 06 19:49:21 ubuntu systemd[1]: espeakup.service: Scheduled restart job,
rest[m[7m>[27m
Feb 06 19:49:21 ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopped Software speech output for Speakup.[m
Feb 06 19:49:21 ubuntu systemd[1]:
[0;1;38;5;185m[0;1;39m[0;1;38;5;185mespeakup.service: Start request repeated
too [m[7m>[27m
Feb 06 19:49:21 ubuntu systemd[1]:
[0;1;38;5;185m[0;1;39m[0;1;38;5;185mespeakup.service: Failed with result
'exit-co[m[7m>[27m
Feb 06 19:49:21 ubuntu systemd[1]: [0;1;31m[0;1;39m[0;1;31mFailed to start
Software speech output for Sp[m[7m>[27m
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[K[?1l>]0;root@ubuntu: ~root@ubuntu:~# systemctl start espeakup.service
Job for espeakup.service failed because the control process exited with error
code.
See "systemctl status espeakup.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
]0;root@ubuntu: ~root@ubuntu:~# ei[Ke[K[Kexit
From: Ubuntu-accessibility <ubuntu-accessibility-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com> On
Behalf Of Volodymyr Dorozhinsky
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2023 9:27 AM
To: ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: installing ubuntu with speakup
Hi David,
I am currently using Ubuntu-Mate 22.04 and I've managed to install espeakup
package successfully. Do You see any errors during its installation? If the
package was successfully installed what is the output of:
systemctl status espeakup.service
If the service is not running one should start it with:
sudo systemctl start espeakup.service
Also what I've noticed is that espeakup will not talk in tty console when orca
is running in graphical environment. So to make it work I am doing the
following steps:
1. Login to graphical environment.
2. In graphical environment (Mate DE in my case) open a terminal and run:
killall orca # WARNING! This will terminate orca
3. Then switch to tty e.g. tty 3 by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F3 and login there. After
login espeakup should talk.
Best regards
Volodymyr
On 2/3/23 16:41, David wrote:
Hi there –
After numerous tries, I am still unsuccessful in getting speakup to work with
ubuntu, and I contribute that largely to operator error [that’s me!]
So, here I am, asking if anyone has step-by-step instructions on how to install
ubuntu from stratch and have speakup working correctly?
Use server version? Use desktop version? Do something else?
I do not need any desktop environments, just the plain command-line interface
with speakup
Thank you very much in advance, talk soon
--David
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