Okay Micah, I appended to lilo fine. Everything there went well. But when I echo the flite synth like this "echo flite >/proc/speakup/synthname" and then doo speechd-up it does not work. I do have sound varified by soundtest. And here is what the speakup 2.0 software page says. I did add the "/dev/softsynth" and also "/dev/synth." Here is a part of the manual and the part that is giving me trouble again is the echo command. Before you can use a software synthesizer, you must have created the /dev/softsynth device. If you have not already done so, issue the following commands as root: cd /dev mknod softsynth c 10 26 While we are at it, we might just as well create the /dev/synth device, which can be used to let user space programs send information to your synthesizer. To create /dev/synth, change to the /dev directory, and issue the following command as root: mknod synth c 10 25 Now you can begin using your software synthesizer. In order to do so, echo the sftsyn keyword to the synth_name proc entry like this: echo sftsyn >/proc/speakup/synth_name Next run the speechd_up command like this: speechd_up & Your synth should now start talking, and you should be able to adjust the pitch, rate, etc. In this section, we have assumed that your copy of Speakup was compiled with the speakup_sftsyn component either built into the kernel, or compiled as a module. -- Scott Berry electronicman1961 at myfreedombox.com Check out my lazy web doodle at: http://www.myfreedombox.com/users/electronicman1961/ Email services by FreedomBox. Surf the Net at the sound of your voice. www.freedombox.info
