Hello BT
Sorry that I am such a pain but I just want to get clarity before trying
your very comprehensive steps. When I look on the raspberry.org site to
download the latest software package I get a file with a .iso extention and
not .img. The filename is: 2021-01-11-raspios-buster-i386.iso
Is this the correct file?
Regards
Fanus
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Subject: [raspberry-vi] Install Speakup and Orca on Raspberry OS
Hi all,
Yesterday I wrote the first approach to get speech going on the Raspberry
PI. This is the second method and is the one I prefer.
At the outset, I must thank both Mike and Pranav for all their advice on
this mailing list as this would not have been possible. Also, thanks to Mike
who had a bash script on the previous website to install Mate and Orca. I
used that script and changed it to suite my needs. Also, as a novice to
Linux, I learnt a little about bash scripting. I am sure that this approach
could be made better.
To start, I uploaded Mike's ilctts-1.0.0.tar.gz, piespeakup-1.1.0.tar.gz and
the modified script to Opendrive as the Website was being relaunched. So,
download these three files from:
1. ilctts-1.0.0.tar.gz:
https://od.lk/d/NzNfMjgyNzE0NDRf/ilctts-1.0.0.tar.gz
2. piespeakup-1.1.0.tar.gz
https://od.lk/d/NzNfMjgyNzE0NTdf/piespeakup-1.1.0.tar.gz
3. install.sh
https://od.lk/d/NzNfMjgyNzE0NTZf/install.sh
Steps to get speech going:
1. Download the latest image from http://www.raspberrypi.org in this
case I chose Raspberry OS with Desktop.
2. I attached a card reader to my Raspberry PI and inserted a card I
wish to use.
3. I booted up the Raspberry PI. I already have a previous PI with
speech hence this approach.
4. I then used the following command to verify to which device I am
writing the image to:
Sudo fdisk -l
5. I used the "dd" utility to write the image on to a Micro SD card.
The command I used is:
Warning:
Please ensure you have the right card as the following step will wipe all
data from your card.
Sudo dd if=./2021-01-11-raspios-buster-armhf.img of=/dev/sda bs=250M
conv=sync,noerror status=progress
6. I then had to mount the boot partition to add the "ssh" file to get
headless access. To do this, I first had to create a mountpoint using the
following command:
Sudo mkdir /media/mydisk
7. Now I had to give the mountpoint the necessary permissions to be
able to read, write and execute by:
Sudo chmod 777 /media/mydisk
8. Now let's mount the boot partition by doing:
Sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/mydisk
9. Let's create the "ssh" file which allows us to be able to gain
headless access to configure our operating system. The command to do so is:
sudo touch /media/mydisk/ssh
10. Let's unmount the boot partition by doing:
Sudo umount /media/mydisk
11. Now shutdown the PI by issuing the following command:
Sudo shutdown -h now
12. Remove the card from the card reader and insert it into your PI and
reboot.
13. I used a Windows 10 machine using Putty to access the Raspberry PI
but, before we get there, we need to get the ip address of your newly booted
up PI.
14. I used a utility from https://www.nirsoft.net/ called
wnetwatcher.exe which scans your local network and provides you with all the
ip addresses connected to your network. If you wish to refresh the list of
ip addresses, press <f5>.
15. Using Putty, connect to your PI by providing the ip address,
username which is "pi" and the password which is "raspberry"
16. Let's now download the three files we need to get speech going:
ilctts-1.0.0.tar.gz:
sudo wget https://od.lk/d/NzNfMjgyNzE0NDRf/ilctts-1.0.0.tar.gz
piespeakup-1.1.0.tar.gz
sudo wget https://od.lk/d/NzNfMjgyNzE0NTdf/piespeakup-1.1.0.tar.gz
install.sh
sudo wget https://od.lk/d/NzNfMjgyNzE0NTZf/install.sh
17. Now give the install.sh script executive permissions by doing:
Sudo chmod +x ./install.sh
18. Let's run the script which will update, upgrade, remove any files
not in use and also clean the cash. It will then install the dummy display
driver, create the xorg.conf file, install Orca, install espeak and
Piespeakup. So sit back as this will take a little while. It then delete the
extra files and only leave the install.sh script. To run the script:
Sudo ./install.sh
19. Once this is done, let's ensure that we have the internal sound card
selected and that we are booting into the text console.
Sudo raspi-config
# Let's now ensure we are using the internal sound card.
# select the first item called system options and press <enter>
# Now select the second option call "audio" and press <enter>
# Use your up or down arrows to select "1 Headphones" and press <enter>
# This places you back on the main menu of the "raspi-config utility".
# select the first option called "system options" and press <enter>
# Arrow down to the fifth option called "5 Boot / Auto Login Select boot
into desktop or to command line" and press <enter>
# Once the submenu opens, press <enter> on the first option 1 Console
Text console, requiring user to login
# This will bring you back to the mainmenu.
# press the right arrow twice to land on the "finish" button and press
<enter>
# You should get a prompt to reboot. Press <y> and <enter> If not, simply
type
Sudo Reboot
Note:
Have headphones or a set of speakers connected to the PI as you will get
speech once the pi reboots.
20. When the PI restarts, you will have speech and you will get the
prompt to enter your username "pi" and press <enter>
21. You will be asked for the password which is "raspberry" and press
<enter>
22. You will get to the prompt so to setup Orca, type "startx" but
before you press <enter> first turn off speakup by pressing <insert+enter>
on the number pad. Then press <enter> this will stop speakup from chatting
over the Orca installation.
23. Orca will come up and you will have speech to complete all of the
rest of the steps.
24. When you exit to the command line, simply press <insert+enter> on
the numeric pad to turn speakup on and all is well in speech land once more.
I hope this will help some one to get a talking installation going.
Thanks.
BT
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