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Title: [SOLVED] Screen Reader for Blind
Post by: MrHockey on January 10, 2015, 07:37:03 PM

Is there software available for screen readers for the blind that is easy to install.  I'm trying to help a person out with this. :)

Title: Re: Screen Reader for Blind
Post by: altman on January 10, 2015, 08:06:31 PM

I guess that there is an Assistive Technology app somewhere in the Menu , not sure , I removed lots of apps that I don t need on my system , someone else might give some info here .

Guess that their s ORCA app too . https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Accessibility

Also have a look on Accessibility app on the menu .

Also found this . hope it will be of any help ; http://simon-listens.org/index.php?id=122&L=1

Title: Re: Screen Reader for Blind
Post by: bitsnpcs on January 10, 2015, 09:06:42 PM

Hello MrHockey,

Orca https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca (https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca)
can work with Firefox, Thunderbird email, LibreOffice documents.

Speech-app is said to be easy to install (similar to Simon) -
https://github.com/andre-luiz-dos-santos/speech-app (https://github.com/andre-luiz-dos-santos/speech-app)

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¹ it uses Google API's as a backend through Chromium

Source
¹ - LXF188 September 2014, pg 27, has a roundup/testing of Voice recognition software.