Trying to get text to speech working properly. I downloaded and installed kernel-2.4.27-speakup using apt-get. As a result, grep -i speakup /boot/config-2.4.27-speakup shows this: CONFIG_SPEAKUP=y CONFIG_SPEAKUP_ACNTSA=y CONFIG_SPEAKUP_ACNTPC=y CONFIG_SPEAKUP_APOLLO=y CONFIG_SPEAKUP_AUDPTR=y CONFIG_SPEAKUP_BNS=y CONFIG_SPEAKUP_DECTLK=y CONFIG_SPEAKUP_DECEXT=y CONFIG_SPEAKUP_DECPC=m CONFIG_SPEAKUP_DTLK=y CONFIG_SPEAKUP_KEYPC=y CONFIG_SPEAKUP_LTLK=y CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SFTSYN=y CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SPKOUT=y CONFIG_SPEAKUP_TXPRT=y CONFIG_SPEAKUP_DEFAULT="none" and menu.lst in /boot/grub says: ... title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.27-speakup root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-speakup root=/dev/hda1 ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-speakup savedefault boot ... And I cannot get sftsyn to work here. /proc/speakup/synth_name says none and if I try to do echo sftsyn > /proc/speakup/synth_name it says speakup_sftsyn module is loaded but if I do cat /proc/speakup/synth_name it still says none. spd-say works fine. speech-dispatcher and speechd_up are installed. Since sftsyn is compiled right into the kernel as the config file suggests, how might I go about getting my system to use sftsyn so I can get all data written to the console read off through the speakers? According to the config file, it seems to want to use "none". Do I have to download the kernel source and build from scratch? -- "The unexamined life is not worth living" - Socrates
