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.
45 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_ACNTSA
46 tristate "Accent SA synthesizer support"
48 This is the Speakup driver for the Accent SA
49 synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the kernel,
50 or m to build it as a module. See the configuration
51 help on the Speakup choice above for more info.
53 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_ACNTPC
54 tristate "Accent PC synthesizer support"
55 depends on ISA || COMPILE_TEST
57 This is the Speakup driver for the accent pc
58 synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the kernel,
59 or m to build it as a module. See the configuration
60 help on the Speakup choice above for more info.
62 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_APOLLO
63 tristate "Apollo II synthesizer support"
65 This is the Speakup driver for the Apollo II
66 synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the kernel,
67 or m to build it as a module. See the configuration
68 help on the Speakup choice above for more info.
70 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_AUDPTR
71 tristate "Audapter synthesizer support"
73 This is the Speakup driver for the Audapter synthesizer.
74 You can say y to build it into the kernel, or m to
75 build it as a module. See the configuration help on the
76 Speakup choice above for more info.
78 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_BNS
79 tristate "Braille 'n' Speak synthesizer support"
81 This is the Speakup driver for the Braille 'n' Speak
82 synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the kernel,
83 or m to build it as a module. See the configuration
84 help on the Speakup choice above for more info.
86 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_DECTLK
87 tristate "DECtalk Express synthesizer support"
90 This is the Speakup driver for the DecTalk Express
91 synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the kernel,
92 or m to build it as a module. See the configuration
93 help on the Speakup choice above for more info.
95 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_DECEXT
96 tristate "DECtalk External (old) synthesizer support"
99 This is the Speakup driver for the DecTalk External
100 (old) synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the
101 kernel, or m to build it as a module. See the
102 configuration help on the Speakup choice above for more
105 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_DECPC
107 depends on ISA || COMPILE_TEST
108 tristate "DECtalk PC (big ISA card) synthesizer support"
111 This is the Speakup driver for the DecTalk PC (full
112 length ISA) synthesizer. You can say m to build it as
113 a module. See the configuration help on the Speakup
114 choice above for more info.
116 In order to use the DecTalk PC driver, you must download
117 the dec_pc.tgz file from linux-speakup.org. It is in
118 the pub/linux/goodies directory. The dec_pc.tgz file
119 contains the software which must be pre-loaded on to the
120 DecTalk PC board in order to use it with this driver.
121 This driver must be built as a module, and can not be
122 loaded until the file system is mounted and the DecTalk
123 PC software has been pre-loaded on to the board.
125 See the README file in the dec_pc.tgz file for more
128 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_DTLK
129 tristate "DoubleTalk PC synthesizer support"
130 depends on ISA || COMPILE_TEST
133 This is the Speakup driver for the internal DoubleTalk
134 PC synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the
135 kernel, or m to build it as a module. See the
136 configuration help on the Speakup choice above for more
139 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_KEYPC
140 tristate "Keynote Gold PC synthesizer support"
141 depends on ISA || COMPILE_TEST
144 This is the Speakup driver for the Keynote Gold
145 PC synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the
146 kernel, or m to build it as a module. See the
147 configuration help on the Speakup choice above for more
150 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_LTLK
151 tristate "DoubleTalk LT/LiteTalk synthesizer support"
154 This is the Speakup driver for the LiteTalk/DoubleTalk
155 LT synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the
156 kernel, or m to build it as a module. See the
157 configuration help on the Speakup choice above for more
160 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_SOFT
161 tristate "Userspace software synthesizer support"
164 This is the software synthesizer device node. It will
165 register a device /dev/softsynth which midware programs
166 and speech daemons may open and read to provide kernel
167 output to software synths such as espeak, festival,
168 flite and so forth. You can select 'y' or 'm' to have
169 it built-in to the kernel or loaded as a module.
171 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_SPKOUT
172 tristate "Speak Out synthesizer support"
175 This is the Speakup driver for the Speakout synthesizer.
176 You can say y to build it into the kernel, or m to
177 build it as a module. See the configuration help on the
178 Speakup choice above for more info.
180 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_TXPRT
181 tristate "Transport synthesizer support"
184 This is the Speakup driver for the Transport
185 synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the kernel,
186 or m to build it as a module. See the configuration
187 help on the Speakup choice above for more info.
189 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_DUMMY
190 tristate "Dummy synthesizer driver (for testing)"
193 This is a dummy Speakup driver for plugging a mere serial
194 terminal. This is handy if you want to test speakup but
195 don't have the hardware. You can say y to build it into
196 the kernel, or m to build it as a module. See the
197 configuration help on the Speakup choice above for more info.