I'm using one of the Apollo II range of devices with speakup as supplied on the SW9 distro CD set. I'm pretty pleased with it in fact. Odd irregularities of pause at inappropriate places, I put down to the Linux being pre-emptive M-T and therefore, would interrupt the speech output like it would anything else and would be indiscriminate about when. A slight and off-putting irritation, but I get around with these better than I have with my Windows screen reader in some functions. GA!