As far as I know, you don't use speech-dispatcher. That is for software speech. Just either do: modprobe apollo or: echo "apollo" > /proc/speakup/synth_name I think that's how it works. HTH, Chris Norman <!-- cnorman at rnibncw.ac.uk --> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Whapples" <mikster4@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 12:26 PM Subject: speech-dispatcher questions > Hello, > I have a few questions. > > How can I get my apollo synth working with speech-dispatcher? I noticed > the apollo.conf file in the modules directory, but no sign of it in the > speechd.conf file to add the module. I tried the following line without > the quotes surrounding the entire line > "AddModule "apollo" "sd_apollo" "apollo.conf"" > and changed the default module to apollo, but nothing. Any way to use the > apollo with orca? > > I also noticed that when using orca with speech-dispatcher through > gnome-speech I was unable to change the voice of espeak. I think that > there has been work to make speech-dispatcher work directly with orca, but > wasn't sure which project it is at the freebsoft website (I thought that > was where the work was done). > > Any help with the above would be welcome. > > From > Michael Whapples > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup