Hi Alex, > I'd also say to add speakup in the default kernel. It makes it easer for > newbies, and for that matter anyone, to install slackware. Messing with > those bootdisks is really a pane. So what is the problem with typing speakup.i speakup_synth=dectlk rather than bare.i speakup_synth=dectlk as you propose? Saqib