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