Re: speakup_dummy

Aaron Chantrill <[email protected]> Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:01:50 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.accessibility
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2/10/26 16:56, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> If you want to capture the speakup output, you can rather use the
> speakup_soft module which is meant for that, and cat /dev/synth to get
> the text.
>
> Samuel
>
Thank you for responding Samuel. Do you mean /dev/softsynth? When I do 
`cat /dev/synth` it just returns without any output.

Here is what that displays when I start `cat /dev/softsynth` and then 
switch to TTY1 and type `echo "Hello"`:

# cat /dev/softsynth
2s5p5r5v1x0b0o5f
  e  c  h  o  space  quote +3p H -3p5p e  l  l  o  quote
  Hello
root at debian:   P

This is more like what I am expecting, and it does seem to indicate that 
speakup and speakup_soft are working correctly.

Thank you,

Aaron