I'm wondering if it would be possible to modify speakup to use sysctl, so the settings could easily be set at boot? I guess /proc/speakup would need to become /proc/sys/speakup. I have no idea how difficult this would be to do, but it would be great if the settings could be set with sysctl. Btw, I finally made the switch from a dos terminal to speakup recently at work and at home and I don't know why I didn't do so sooner, as speakup is by far superior and is truly great software. Thanks to everyone who made it happen! Trevor