fenrir (Alfa)

An TTY screenreader for Linux. Its an early alpha version. You can test it. It is not recommended for production use. In theorie its not limited to linux. but i currently only provide drivers for that because I have no ohter system here. If you want to help or write drivers to make it work on other systems, just let me know.

requirements (core)

• linux
• python3
• python-evdev
• loaded uinput kernel module
• Read permission to the following files:
  • /sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty0/active
  • /dev/vcsa[1-64]
• ReadWrite permission
  • /dev/input
  • /dev/uinput
• speech, sound or braille drivers see "optional (features, drivers)".

optional (features, drivers)

• "espeak" speech driver:
  • python-espeak
• "speechd" speech driver:
  • speech-dispatcher
  • python-speechd
• brltty braille driver (not implemented yet, WIP):
  • brltty (configured and running)
  • python-brlapi
• "generic" sound driver:
  • sox
• "gstreamer" sound driver
  • gstreamer 1.x
  • GLib
• spellchecker
  • python-pyenchant
  • aspell-YourLanguageCode (example aspell-en for us english)
• unix daemon:
  • python-daemonize

installation

• Archlinux: PKGBUILD in AUR
• install.sh (there is currently no uninstall)
• run from git: You can just run the following as root: cd src/fenrir-package/ sudo ./fenrir Settings "settings.conf" is located in the "config" directory. Take care that the used drivers in the config matching your installed drivers. By default it uses:
• sound driver: generic (via sox, could configured in settings.conf)
• speech driver: speechd
• braille driver: brltty (WIP)