fenrir is a console screen reader similar in features to espeakup or speechd-up, that can use all voices available through Speech Dispatcher. Currently it has to be run as root. The script /etc/rc.c/rc.fenrir allows to manage the fenrir daemon. To start fenrir and have it running at startup, type as root: speak-with fenrir This will also disable espeakup and speech-up that conflict with fenrir. To just start fenrir type as root: service start fenrir To (re)configure fenrir, type as toot or using sudo: configure-fenrir This will edit the main configuration file: /etc/fenrirscreenreader/settings/settings.conf Please read the comments it includes to know how to set fenrir, especially the synthesizer to use through speech-dispatcher the default voice or language and the languages between which you might want to be able to switch on the fly. To know more, vist this repository: https://git.stormux.org/storm/fenrir/ and read: https://git.stormux.org/storm/fenrir/src/branch/master/README.md