Hi, Ok well I got the dectalk 5.0 for linux I have it installed. The say command works just fine like this Say -a "hello world this is a test" The speaker can be changed adding the -s # command to the end of the above command line. Edited the speech-dispatcher configuration maid sure the dtk-generic modgual was loaded it was remarked out by default. Then set the default output modgel to dtk-generic Now spd-say will not provide speech using the dectalk. I type spd-say "testing 1 2 3" I get a prompt no speech so does any one have any ideas?