Re: Accessibility in the FreeBSD installer and console

Am 08.07.22 um 12:53 schrieb Hans Petter Selasky:
> Hi,
> 
> Here is the complete patch for Voice-Over in the FreeBSD console:
> 
> https://reviews.freebsd.org/D35754
> 
> You need to install espeak from pkg and then install the 
> /etc/devd/accessibility.conf file and then run sysctl 
> kern.vt.accessibility.enable=1 after booting the new kernel.
> 
> It is freaking awesome!
> 
> There might be some bugs, but it worked fine for me!

The espeak port is marked for deletion on 2022-06-30 (but has
not been deleted, yet):

DEPRECATED=     Last release in 2014 and deprecated upstream
EXPIRATION_DATE=2022-06-30

There is espeak-ng, which took over the sources, and I have
prepared a port update.

I had asked a member of the portmgr team whether it would be
preferred if the espeak port was updated to use sources from
the espeak-ng repository (the version numbers continue from
the last espeak release), or whether if I should create a new
port for espeak-ng.

But I have not got any response on that question ...

The current status of the espeak-ng port is that it generates
WAV output, but it does not work with the sound system in
FreeBSD, anymore.

The 2 sound options available in the espeak port seem to no
longer be supported.

I did not have time to look into this issue, but I do assume
that the sound output from the old espeak code could easily
be restored in espeak-ng.

Regards, STefan

PS: A compressed tar of the WIP espeak-ng port is attached,
     in case you are interested. I expect it to be stripped
     off in the mail list ...