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Oralux

Oralux logo which is the side view of a white rooster drawn without an eye in front of full sun with an open beak.
Manufacturer Name: 
Oralux.org Assoc.
Approximate Cost: $0.00

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Product Description: 

Oralux hopes to facilitate access to GNU/Linux for the visually impaired by offering modules with text-to-speech that work with that system.

Main Features: 

  • Includes TTS for Linux: Emacspeak, Yasr, and Speakup.
    • The Oralux user interface can be based on Emacspeak an audio desktop that offers a complete and powerful desktop.
    • A second environment is available based on Yasr, a lightweight and portable screen reader.
    • The third environment is based on Speakup that is a kernel-based screen reader for external or software synthesizers. 
  • Oralux boots up from the CD, whatever the already installed operating system (Win98, XP, etc.) may be.
  • Oralux includes, thanks to BRLTTY, a number of braille drivers.
  • The CD includes several voice synthesizers in English, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish.
  • Oralux can install the DECtalk software synthesizer (4.6.4 or 5.0), a multi-language TTS from the Fonix company.

More Information: 

A similar product is available and proposed by the manufacturer. See the entries for  Ubuntu, a major distributor for  a Linux- based system that offers an accessible environment for the visually impaired users; and for Voxin, an easily installable add-on which provides yet another text-to-speech to blind users of GNU/Linux.