Well, the problem seems to be in speech dispatcher. When I type spd-say hi nothing happens, but the program hangs. I've got /dev/softsynth, with major 10 and minor 26; that seems to work. On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, Jacob Schmude wrote: > Hi > You did start speech-dispatcher, right? Also, check and make sure > you still have a /dev/softsynth device with major 10 and minor 26. Try > using spd-say to see if the problem is in speech-dispatcher or speechd-up. > What synth are you trying to use? > > On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, ameer armaly wrote: > > aa> Hi all. > aa> I'm trying to get software speech going after a while of not using it, > aa> but I'm having some problems. > aa> When I load the sftsyn module( which loads fine), and run speechd_up > aa> absolutely nothing happens. > aa> The logs say it started, I can hit backspace and here the pc speaker beep, > aa> but it doesn't show any errors on the screen or in the logs. > aa> Advice would be appriciated. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >