Another problem--I am running a Debian system on a Debian machine and I have the following problem. I compiled speech dispatcher and speechd-up. I created the /dev/softsynth device and ran speechd-up with the command-line arguments specified in the speechd-up documentation. Sure enough, Speakup commands seem to work properly. My commands are echoed on the screen and I can use the review keys to move around and tell what is there. Unfortunately, I get absolutely no screen feedback from the system. By the way I kill the Doubletalk PC with the command: echo none > /proc/speakup/synth_name and start the sftsyn module with: echo sftsyn >/proc/speakup/synth_name At this point prior to invoking speechd-up I do: lsmod > modules and sure enough speakup_sftsyn is listed. What have I neglected? Jim Wantz