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+[sound]
+# Turn sound on or off:
+enabled=True
+
+# Select the driver used to play sounds, choices are sox and gstreamer.
+# Sox is the default.
+driver=sox
+
+# Sound themes. This is the pack of sounds used for sound alerts.
+# Sound packs may be located at /usr/share/sounds
+# For system wide availability, or ~/.local/share/fenrir/sounds
+# For the current user.
+theme=default
+
+# Sound volume controls how loud the sounds for your chosen soundpack are.
+# 0 is quietest, 1.0 is loudest.
+volume=1.0
+
+[speech]
+# Turn speech on or off:
+enabled=True
+
+# Select speech driver, options are speechd (default) or espeak:
+driver=speechd
+
+# The rate selects how fast fenrir will speak. Options range from 0, slowest, to 1.0, fastest.
+rate=0.45
+
+# Pitch controls the pitch of the voice, select from 0, lowest, to 1.0, highest.
+pitch=0.5
+
+# Volume controls the loudness of the voice, select from 0, quietest, to 1.0, loudest.
+volume=1.0
+
+# Module is used for speech-dispatcher, to select the speech module you want to use.
+# Consult speech-dispatcher's configuration and help ti find out which modules are available.
+# The default is espeak.
+module=espeak
+
+# Voice selects the varient you want to use, for example, f5 will use the female voice #5 in espeak,
+# or if using the espeak module in speech-dispatcher. To find out which voices are available, consult the documentation provided with your chosen synthesizer.
+voice=
+
+# Select the language you want fenrir to use.
+language=english-us
+
+# Read new text as it happens?
+autoReadIncomming=True
+
+[braille]
+#braille is not implemented yet
+enabled=False
+layout=en
+
+[screen]
+driver=linux
+encoding=cp850
+screenUpdateDelay=0.4
+
+[keyboard]
+device=all
+# gives fenrir exclusive access to the keyboard and let consume keystrokes. just disable on problems.
+grabDevices=True
+ignoreShortcuts=False
+# the current shortcut layout located in /etc/fenrir/keyboard
+keyboardLayout=desktop
+# echo chars while typing.
+charEcho=False
+# echo deleted chars
+charDeleteEcho=True
+# echo word after pressing space
+wordEcho=True
+# interrupt speech on any keypress
+interruptOnKeyPress=False
+
+[general]
+debugLevel=0
+punctuationLevel=1
+numberOfClipboards=10
+# define the current fenrir key
+fenrirKeys=KEY_KP0
+timeFormat=%H:%M:%P
+
+[promote]
+enabled=True
+inactiveTimeoutSec=120
+list=
+
+