hi, i have installed linux (slackware/redhat6/redhat7/debian) using speakup for a while now, using both my apollo2 and dectalk express. however, on my new computer i couldn't get speakup talking. so, what i did was boot using a windows millennium boot floppy and load my dos screen reader, then i unload my screen reader again. now, using loadlin i start the debian setup and i get speech again! when it has installed the base it reboots, but no speech this time. obviously it is something to do with the synth/comport being initialised before speakup gets there. the disks i use are 0.09/0.10 disks if this matters. any help appreciated saqib Please visit my home page at: http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~sshaik
