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
50 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_ACNTSA
51 tristate "Accent SA synthesizer support"
53 This is the Speakup driver for the Accent SA
54 synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the kernel,
55 or m to build it as a module. See the configuration
56 help on the Speakup choice above for more info.
58 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_ACNTPC
59 tristate "Accent PC synthesizer support"
60 depends on SPEAKUP_SERIALIO
62 This is the Speakup driver for the accent pc
63 synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the kernel,
64 or m to build it as a module. See the configuration
65 help on the Speakup choice above for more info.
67 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_APOLLO
68 tristate "Apollo II synthesizer support"
70 This is the Speakup driver for the Apollo II
71 synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the kernel,
72 or m to build it as a module. See the configuration
73 help on the Speakup choice above for more info.
75 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_AUDPTR
76 tristate "Audapter synthesizer support"
78 This is the Speakup driver for the Audapter synthesizer.
79 You can say y to build it into the kernel, or m to
80 build it as a module. See the configuration help on the
81 Speakup choice above for more info.
83 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_BNS
84 tristate "Braille 'n' Speak synthesizer support"
86 This is the Speakup driver for the Braille 'n' Speak
87 synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the kernel,
88 or m to build it as a module. See the configuration
89 help on the Speakup choice above for more info.
91 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_DECTLK
92 tristate "DECtalk Express synthesizer support"
95 This is the Speakup driver for the DecTalk Express
96 synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the kernel,
97 or m to build it as a module. See the configuration
98 help on the Speakup choice above for more info.
100 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_DECEXT
101 tristate "DECtalk External (old) synthesizer support"
104 This is the Speakup driver for the DecTalk External
105 (old) synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the
106 kernel, or m to build it as a module. See the
107 configuration help on the Speakup choice above for more
110 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_DECPC
112 depends on SPEAKUP_SERIALIO
113 tristate "DECtalk PC (big ISA card) synthesizer support"
116 This is the Speakup driver for the DecTalk PC (full
117 length ISA) synthesizer. You can say m to build it as
118 a module. See the configuration help on the Speakup
119 choice above for more info.
121 In order to use the DecTalk PC driver, you must download
122 the dec_pc.tgz file from linux-speakup.org. It is in
123 the pub/linux/goodies directory. The dec_pc.tgz file
124 contains the software which must be pre-loaded on to the
125 DecTalk PC board in order to use it with this driver.
126 This driver must be built as a module, and can not be
127 loaded until the file system is mounted and the DecTalk
128 PC software has been pre-loaded on to the board.
130 See the README file in the dec_pc.tgz file for more
133 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_DTLK
134 tristate "DoubleTalk PC synthesizer support"
135 depends on SPEAKUP_SERIALIO
138 This is the Speakup driver for the internal DoubleTalk
139 PC synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the
140 kernel, or m to build it as a module. See the
141 configuration help on the Speakup choice above for more
144 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_KEYPC
145 tristate "Keynote Gold PC synthesizer support"
146 depends on SPEAKUP_SERIALIO
149 This is the Speakup driver for the Keynote Gold
150 PC synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the
151 kernel, or m to build it as a module. See the
152 configuration help on the Speakup choice above for more
155 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_LTLK
156 tristate "DoubleTalk LT/LiteTalk synthesizer support"
159 This is the Speakup driver for the LiteTalk/DoubleTalk
160 LT synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the
161 kernel, or m to build it as a module. See the
162 configuration help on the Speakup choice above for more
165 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_SOFT
166 tristate "Userspace software synthesizer support"
169 This is the software synthesizer device node. It will
170 register a device /dev/softsynth which midware programs
171 and speech daemons may open and read to provide kernel
172 output to software synths such as espeak, festival,
173 flite and so forth. You can select 'y' or 'm' to have
174 it built-in to the kernel or loaded as a module.
176 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_SPKOUT
177 tristate "Speak Out synthesizer support"
180 This is the Speakup driver for the Speakout synthesizer.
181 You can say y to build it into the kernel, or m to
182 build it as a module. See the configuration help on the
183 Speakup choice above for more info.
185 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_TXPRT
186 tristate "Transport synthesizer support"
189 This is the Speakup driver for the Transport
190 synthesizer. You can say y to build it into the kernel,
191 or m to build it as a module. See the configuration
192 help on the Speakup choice above for more info.
194 config SPEAKUP_SYNTH_DUMMY
195 tristate "Dummy synthesizer driver (for testing)"
198 This is a dummy Speakup driver for plugging a mere serial
199 terminal. This is handy if you want to test speakup but
200 don't have the hardware. You can say y to build it into
201 the kernel, or m to build it as a module. See the
202 configuration help on the Speakup choice above for more info.