Greetings: I am attempting to assist a friend who is just starting out in Linux. He has an Apollo 2 synthesizer and is using Speakup. Unfortunately, it appears that his Apollo 2 synthesizer is having handshaking problems or, more accurately, problems with chopping off words in the middle and then continuing them after more data has reached the synthesizer. While no information is lost, words are split in such a way that makes using the Apollo a very arduous proposition. This problem does not exist under Windows; it seems to only surface when Speakup is being used. Can anyone who uses the Apollo synthesizer shed some light on this peculiarity? Thanks in advance, Ilko