Did you replace your /boot/message as the installation HOWTO recommends? If not, your synth is trying to pronounce the graphical splash screen. Darragh writes: > From: "Darragh" <lists at digitaldarragh.com> > > Hello, > I've had this synth for little over a year and already its giving me > problems. I have one message to any one thinking of buying an APOLO2, > don't. Its sluggish in windows and difficult to understand in Linux. > > Ok, now that I've complained I'll get to the problem. > When LILO comes up at boot the APOLLO says something like C sadilla > about seven or eight times. If I'm loooky it will then say what I'm > booting into but only if I'm lucky. Today when I eventually got the > fedora installation working I got some speech out of it but now its > died. > > I don't think this is a linux problem. Its more than likely with the > apolo as I'm not getting anything out of it in windows either. > > Has any one come across this? Is it possible to fix my self or do I > have to go begging for another synth. > > Thanks > > Darragh > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Email: janina at rednote.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Director, Technology Research and Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) http://www.afb.org Chair, Accessibility Work Group Free Standards Group http://accessibility.freestandards.org