Christian writes: > Hi all, > OK, so I have my Apollo synth here. I have burned the 3.2 GB DVD and I type the following at the boot prompt: > speakup_synth=apollo but nothing happens. What am I doing wrong? That's only part of the command. You need to follow the directions in the Installation HOWTO more carefully: http://speakupmodified.org/HOWTO_INSTALL.html In fact, the HOWTO even provides an example of the correct command using Apollo as the example synthesizer. Quoting from the HOWTO: "So, for example, to start a text-based installation with an Apollo on the second serial port, you would type: * text speakup_synth=apollo speakup_ser=1 end quotation. Janina