Hi. The short answer is no. Speakup modified installers use hardware synths. If you want to use speakup with software speech, just install speech-dispatcher speechd-up and your synth of choice. Kenny On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 02:29:18AM -0700, Cody Hurst wrote: > Hi, > > So I hear speakup will work with a software synth like festival. Is there a way I can grab a debian installer and type in a command at the boot prompt and have speakup come up running festival or some software synth? If so, what should I type and what site should I go to to get the debian install disk > > Cody > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup