At least under Woody, during the install process there's an option on the menu to modify boot parameters. Select that option, then enter the speakup_synth=bns or whatever string into that field. When you reboot, it should come up talking. Jayson. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean M McMahon" <smcmahon@xxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 8:36 PM Subject: How do I boot with my synthesiser now that speakup from the sarge iso is installed > So far, I've successfully installed debian using the speakup-enabled sarge > iso available from the speakup ftp site. Now I need to know where to put > the parameters to make speakup startup when I start this machine using my > braille'nspeak. I know when I started the iso, I used speakup_synth=bns > is that the same string I will use here? Where do I place that string? If > I forget to configure speakup to talk during boot, can I just use that > boot parameter at the boot prompt? Yes I looked at the fadora howto > but I thought I'd ask here because I don't know how of that information is > the same under debian. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup