@fireborn @celtichawk @jamminjerry what sound system do you use by default? If alsa, this probably pulled in pulse or pipewire. That requires a little setup.

@fireborn @celtichawk @jamminjerry Did you run /usr/share/tools/fenrirscreenreader/configure_pipewire.sh once as your user and once as root? If it works, you should be able to use fenrir even with X running.

@fireborn @celtichawk @jamminjerry If you can get into a console press insert+q, it should cause Fenrir to restart, which will bring back speech, unless there’s something else going on with sound.