1*4882a593Smuzhiyun# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 2*4882a593Smuzhiyunmenu "Speakup console speech" 3*4882a593Smuzhiyun 4*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig SPEAKUP 5*4882a593Smuzhiyun depends on VT 6*4882a593Smuzhiyun tristate "Speakup core" 7*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 8*4882a593Smuzhiyun This is the Speakup screen reader. Think of it as a 9*4882a593Smuzhiyun video console for blind people. If built in to the 10*4882a593Smuzhiyun kernel, it can speak everything on the text console from 11*4882a593Smuzhiyun boot up to shutdown. For more information on Speakup, 12*4882a593Smuzhiyun point your browser at <http://www.linux-speakup.org/>. 13*4882a593Smuzhiyun There is also a mailing list at the above url that you 14*4882a593Smuzhiyun can subscribe to. 15*4882a593Smuzhiyun 16*4882a593Smuzhiyun Supported synthesizers are accent sa, accent pc, 17*4882a593Smuzhiyun appollo II., Auddapter, Braille 'n Speak, Dectalk 18*4882a593Smuzhiyun external (old), Dectalk PC (full length isa board), 19*4882a593Smuzhiyun Dectalk express, Doubletalk, Doubletalk LT or 20*4882a593Smuzhiyun Litetalk, Keynote Gold internal PC, software 21*4882a593Smuzhiyun synthesizers, Speakout, transport, and a dummy module 22*4882a593Smuzhiyun that can be used with a plain text terminal. 23*4882a593Smuzhiyun 24*4882a593Smuzhiyun Speakup can either be built in or compiled as a module 25*4882a593Smuzhiyun by answering y or m. If you answer y here, then you 26*4882a593Smuzhiyun must answer either y or m to at least one of the 27*4882a593Smuzhiyun synthesizer drivers below. If you answer m here, then 28*4882a593Smuzhiyun the synthesizer drivers below can only be built as 29*4882a593Smuzhiyun modules. 30*4882a593Smuzhiyun 31*4882a593Smuzhiyun These drivers are not standalone drivers, but must be 32*4882a593Smuzhiyun used in conjunction with Speakup. Think of them as 33*4882a593Smuzhiyun video cards for blind people. 34*4882a593Smuzhiyun 35*4882a593Smuzhiyun 36*4882a593Smuzhiyun The Dectalk pc driver can only be built as a module, and 37*4882a593Smuzhiyun requires software to be pre-loaded on to the card before 38*4882a593Smuzhiyun the module can be loaded. See the decpc choice below 39*4882a593Smuzhiyun for more details. 40*4882a593Smuzhiyun 41*4882a593Smuzhiyun If you are not a blind person, or don't have access to 42*4882a593Smuzhiyun one of the listed synthesizers, you should say n. 43*4882a593Smuzhiyun 44*4882a593Smuzhiyunif SPEAKUP 45*4882a593Smuzhiyun 46*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig SPEAKUP_SERIALIO 47*4882a593Smuzhiyun def_bool y 48*4882a593Smuzhiyun depends on ISA || COMPILE_TEST 49*4882a593Smuzhiyun 50*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig SPEAKUP_SYNTH_ACNTSA 51*4882a593Smuzhiyun tristate "Accent SA synthesizer support" 52*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 53*4882a593Smuzhiyun This is the Speakup driver for the Accent SA 54*4882a593Smuzhiyun synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the kernel, 55*4882a593Smuzhiyun or m to build it as a module. See the configuration 56*4882a593Smuzhiyun help on the Speakup choice above for more info. 57*4882a593Smuzhiyun 58*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig SPEAKUP_SYNTH_ACNTPC 59*4882a593Smuzhiyun tristate "Accent PC synthesizer support" 60*4882a593Smuzhiyun depends on SPEAKUP_SERIALIO 61*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 62*4882a593Smuzhiyun This is the Speakup driver for the accent pc 63*4882a593Smuzhiyun synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the kernel, 64*4882a593Smuzhiyun or m to build it as a module. See the configuration 65*4882a593Smuzhiyun help on the Speakup choice above for more info. 66*4882a593Smuzhiyun 67*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig SPEAKUP_SYNTH_APOLLO 68*4882a593Smuzhiyun tristate "Apollo II synthesizer support" 69*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 70*4882a593Smuzhiyun This is the Speakup driver for the Apollo II 71*4882a593Smuzhiyun synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the kernel, 72*4882a593Smuzhiyun or m to build it as a module. See the configuration 73*4882a593Smuzhiyun help on the Speakup choice above for more info. 74*4882a593Smuzhiyun 75*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig SPEAKUP_SYNTH_AUDPTR 76*4882a593Smuzhiyun tristate "Audapter synthesizer support" 77*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 78*4882a593Smuzhiyun This is the Speakup driver for the Audapter synthesizer. 79*4882a593Smuzhiyun You can say y to build it into the kernel, or m to 80*4882a593Smuzhiyun build it as a module. See the configuration help on the 81*4882a593Smuzhiyun Speakup choice above for more info. 82*4882a593Smuzhiyun 83*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig SPEAKUP_SYNTH_BNS 84*4882a593Smuzhiyun tristate "Braille 'n' Speak synthesizer support" 85*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 86*4882a593Smuzhiyun This is the Speakup driver for the Braille 'n' Speak 87*4882a593Smuzhiyun synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the kernel, 88*4882a593Smuzhiyun or m to build it as a module. See the configuration 89*4882a593Smuzhiyun help on the Speakup choice above for more info. 90*4882a593Smuzhiyun 91*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig SPEAKUP_SYNTH_DECTLK 92*4882a593Smuzhiyun tristate "DECtalk Express synthesizer support" 93*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 94*4882a593Smuzhiyun 95*4882a593Smuzhiyun This is the Speakup driver for the DecTalk Express 96*4882a593Smuzhiyun synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the kernel, 97*4882a593Smuzhiyun or m to build it as a module. See the configuration 98*4882a593Smuzhiyun help on the Speakup choice above for more info. 99*4882a593Smuzhiyun 100*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig SPEAKUP_SYNTH_DECEXT 101*4882a593Smuzhiyun tristate "DECtalk External (old) synthesizer support" 102*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 103*4882a593Smuzhiyun 104*4882a593Smuzhiyun This is the Speakup driver for the DecTalk External 105*4882a593Smuzhiyun (old) synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the 106*4882a593Smuzhiyun kernel, or m to build it as a module. See the 107*4882a593Smuzhiyun configuration help on the Speakup choice above for more 108*4882a593Smuzhiyun info. 109*4882a593Smuzhiyun 110*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig SPEAKUP_SYNTH_DECPC 111*4882a593Smuzhiyun depends on m 112*4882a593Smuzhiyun depends on SPEAKUP_SERIALIO 113*4882a593Smuzhiyun tristate "DECtalk PC (big ISA card) synthesizer support" 114*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 115*4882a593Smuzhiyun 116*4882a593Smuzhiyun This is the Speakup driver for the DecTalk PC (full 117*4882a593Smuzhiyun length ISA) synthesizer. You can say m to build it as 118*4882a593Smuzhiyun a module. See the configuration help on the Speakup 119*4882a593Smuzhiyun choice above for more info. 120*4882a593Smuzhiyun 121*4882a593Smuzhiyun In order to use the DecTalk PC driver, you must download 122*4882a593Smuzhiyun the dec_pc.tgz file from linux-speakup.org. It is in 123*4882a593Smuzhiyun the pub/linux/goodies directory. The dec_pc.tgz file 124*4882a593Smuzhiyun contains the software which must be pre-loaded on to the 125*4882a593Smuzhiyun DecTalk PC board in order to use it with this driver. 126*4882a593Smuzhiyun This driver must be built as a module, and can not be 127*4882a593Smuzhiyun loaded until the file system is mounted and the DecTalk 128*4882a593Smuzhiyun PC software has been pre-loaded on to the board. 129*4882a593Smuzhiyun 130*4882a593Smuzhiyun See the README file in the dec_pc.tgz file for more 131*4882a593Smuzhiyun details. 132*4882a593Smuzhiyun 133*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig SPEAKUP_SYNTH_DTLK 134*4882a593Smuzhiyun tristate "DoubleTalk PC synthesizer support" 135*4882a593Smuzhiyun depends on SPEAKUP_SERIALIO 136*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 137*4882a593Smuzhiyun 138*4882a593Smuzhiyun This is the Speakup driver for the internal DoubleTalk 139*4882a593Smuzhiyun PC synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the 140*4882a593Smuzhiyun kernel, or m to build it as a module. See the 141*4882a593Smuzhiyun configuration help on the Speakup choice above for more 142*4882a593Smuzhiyun info. 143*4882a593Smuzhiyun 144*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig SPEAKUP_SYNTH_KEYPC 145*4882a593Smuzhiyun tristate "Keynote Gold PC synthesizer support" 146*4882a593Smuzhiyun depends on SPEAKUP_SERIALIO 147*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 148*4882a593Smuzhiyun 149*4882a593Smuzhiyun This is the Speakup driver for the Keynote Gold 150*4882a593Smuzhiyun PC synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the 151*4882a593Smuzhiyun kernel, or m to build it as a module. See the 152*4882a593Smuzhiyun configuration help on the Speakup choice above for more 153*4882a593Smuzhiyun info. 154*4882a593Smuzhiyun 155*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig SPEAKUP_SYNTH_LTLK 156*4882a593Smuzhiyun tristate "DoubleTalk LT/LiteTalk synthesizer support" 157*4882a593Smuzhiyunhelp 158*4882a593Smuzhiyun 159*4882a593Smuzhiyun This is the Speakup driver for the LiteTalk/DoubleTalk 160*4882a593Smuzhiyun LT synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the 161*4882a593Smuzhiyun kernel, or m to build it as a module. See the 162*4882a593Smuzhiyun configuration help on the Speakup choice above for more 163*4882a593Smuzhiyun info. 164*4882a593Smuzhiyun 165*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig SPEAKUP_SYNTH_SOFT 166*4882a593Smuzhiyun tristate "Userspace software synthesizer support" 167*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 168*4882a593Smuzhiyun 169*4882a593Smuzhiyun This is the software synthesizer device node. It will 170*4882a593Smuzhiyun register a device /dev/softsynth which midware programs 171*4882a593Smuzhiyun and speech daemons may open and read to provide kernel 172*4882a593Smuzhiyun output to software synths such as espeak, festival, 173*4882a593Smuzhiyun flite and so forth. You can select 'y' or 'm' to have 174*4882a593Smuzhiyun it built-in to the kernel or loaded as a module. 175*4882a593Smuzhiyun 176*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig SPEAKUP_SYNTH_SPKOUT 177*4882a593Smuzhiyun tristate "Speak Out synthesizer support" 178*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 179*4882a593Smuzhiyun 180*4882a593Smuzhiyun This is the Speakup driver for the Speakout synthesizer. 181*4882a593Smuzhiyun You can say y to build it into the kernel, or m to 182*4882a593Smuzhiyun build it as a module. See the configuration help on the 183*4882a593Smuzhiyun Speakup choice above for more info. 184*4882a593Smuzhiyun 185*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig SPEAKUP_SYNTH_TXPRT 186*4882a593Smuzhiyun tristate "Transport synthesizer support" 187*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 188*4882a593Smuzhiyun 189*4882a593Smuzhiyun This is the Speakup driver for the Transport 190*4882a593Smuzhiyun synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the kernel, 191*4882a593Smuzhiyun or m to build it as a module. See the configuration 192*4882a593Smuzhiyun help on the Speakup choice above for more info. 193*4882a593Smuzhiyun 194*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig SPEAKUP_SYNTH_DUMMY 195*4882a593Smuzhiyun tristate "Dummy synthesizer driver (for testing)" 196*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 197*4882a593Smuzhiyun 198*4882a593Smuzhiyun This is a dummy Speakup driver for plugging a mere serial 199*4882a593Smuzhiyun terminal. This is handy if you want to test speakup but 200*4882a593Smuzhiyun don't have the hardware. You can say y to build it into 201*4882a593Smuzhiyun the kernel, or m to build it as a module. See the 202*4882a593Smuzhiyun configuration help on the Speakup choice above for more info. 203*4882a593Smuzhiyun 204*4882a593Smuzhiyunendif # SPEAKUP 205*4882a593Smuzhiyunendmenu 206