I don't know what it is from the information given, so some more information may help. Are the configuration files those provided with speech-dispatcher, or have you added your own stuff to get espeak working (well attempt to get it working)? particular areas of interest is the line in speechd.conf where the module is added. My AddModule line for espeak reads AddModule "espeak-generic" "sd_generic" "espeak-generic.conf" "var/log/speech-dispatcher/espeak.log" Then the default module is set to espeak-generic. This is also assuming that your espeak module configuration file is called espeak-generic.conf, rename as required. Also what version of speech-dispatcher, espeak, etc are you using? Hope this helps, if not at least it has narrowed down the options for possible problems. From Michael Whapples ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Norman" <cnorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 6:06 PM Subject: Speech-dispatcher > Hi guys, > I have installed the speakup modified kernel, + speech-dispatcher and > speechd-up (the latter two from source), and am trying to get it to work > with espeak. > > I have installed espeak, and have set espeak as the default module. When I > type "speech-dispatcher", espeak says the location of the configuration > file for espeak, but then terminates. The logs say that the correct syntax > wasn't returned by the module after speech-dispatcher tried to initialise > it. ANy ideas why? > > Cheers, > > Chris Norman > <!-- cnorman at rnibncw.ac.uk --> > > > >