Hmm. I'm trying several variations of the command you told me about, and I haven't gotten a response on Linux...Should I be using Minicom to send the command to /dev/ttyS0, or can echo handle it? I tried the following variations: echo [:ver speak] >/dev/ttyS0, echo ":ver speak" >/dev/ttyS0, echo :ver speak >/dev/ttyS0. None of these yielded a response. Am I missing something here? Also, does fonix.com have a list of all the Dectalk commands? I assume this is located in the dectalk express manual... On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 08:31:59AM -0500, Whitley CTR Cecil H wrote: > Igor, > The command to send dectalk to identify it's version of firmware is: > [:ver speak] > I use > echo [:ver speak] >com1: > I hope this helps! > Cecil > P.s. When I do this, my dectalk express reports version 4.4 ab from Dec, > 1997...... File I loaded claimed to be 4.61..... strange indeed! > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup