<<setserial /dev/ttySX uart none where X is the tty number.>> I've used this command as well as the other suggestions relating to echo to said port and such, and I still get an error - cannot open specified device. $ setserial -G /dev/ttyS0 #doesn't tell me anything to throw any light on it either. I Accept that Speakup is on 0 or ought to be as I plugged synth into what I understand as com1: and it works. But I have an unused BnS on ttyS1 or com2: as I knew it and get the same there. I was trying to use a second device to Emacspeak if it would simplify the installation. It hasn't since none of this has worked yet. GA!