-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >Can someone please refresh my mind on how to create the softsynth >device to get software speech to play nice with speakup? Thanks! Yup. The following command should do the trick. mknod /dev/softsynth c 10 26 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkGBzgsACgkQ7V+Ye7TD5Bzm8gCgnFLuoIG2rZ07E2J1ZXxtqNoS hsIAni3d6FGyeS6THBbGKIAIWyZZmlVL =FNFk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----