Tyler Littlefield wrote: > I have a double talk synthesizer (the external) when I install debian, > I use the ltlk driver if that helps. anyway, it has its moods, > sometimes it talks, and sometimes it doesn't, I tried running the boot > cd, and it didn't talk, I tried plugging it into windows, and it > didn't talk. > It always talks when I turn it on though. > I am thinking there is a short in the serial cable. > Is there something I can do for it? I can't afford a new one. Hello Tyler, have you considered using a software syntesizer? For example Festival is a Free Software and it works well with Speakup through Speech Dispatcher. Hope that helps. Best regards, Tomas.