How To Install nvda2speechd on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvda2speechd on Debian 12.
What is nvda2speechd
nvda2speechd is:
It is already possible to use SAPI in Wine, however, the default Microsoft voices are not particularly responsive or diverse in terms of supported languages, and installing others and configuring them can be challenging without sighted assistance.
nvda2speechd is a bridge, which can link applications capable of speaking through NVDA right into Speech dispatcher installed on the user’s computer.
This contains the server part, to be started before the Windows applications.
There are three methods to install nvda2speechd on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nvda2speechd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nvda2speechd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvda2speechd
Install nvda2speechd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvda2speechd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvda2speechd
Install nvda2speechd Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install nvda2speechd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvda2speechd
How To Uninstall nvda2speechd on Debian 12
To uninstall only the nvda2speechd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvda2speechd
Uninstall nvda2speechd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvda2speechd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvda2speechd
Remove nvda2speechd Configurations and Data
To remove nvda2speechd configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvda2speechd
Remove nvda2speechd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvda2speechd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvda2speechd
Dependencies
nvda2speechd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvda2speechd package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
