Hey Bart: The port specifier is speakup_ser=x where x is the tty device number (i.e. 0 for comm1, 1 for comm2 etc). Speakup does still test for the device however. One thing I have to do is boot linux twice to get it to work. I use ttyS1 and it doesn't seem to work first go (I think this problem has now been resolved). Anyway, I boot linux, then shut it down, then hit reset and boot it again and then it works. Must be a port init thing. Anyway, try that if you like. Geoff.