Oops, I accidentally emerged an old version of Speech-dispatcher. Think it was 0.4 or something. Now, Speakup won't start with ESpeak anymore. I tried making: /var/log/speech-dispatcher, with: mkdir /ver/log/speach-dispatcher, but got no result, still doesn't speak. It won't auto-load the module, eaven though it resides in: /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/ Or perhaps it was: /etc/speech-dispatcher/clients/modules? Here is the modules section of /etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf AddModule "flite" "sd_flite" "flite.conf" "/var/log/speech-dispatcher/flite.log" #AddModule "festival" "sd_festival" "festival.conf" "/var/log/speech-dispatcher/festival.log" AddModule "espeak-generic" "sd_generic" "espeak-generic.conf" "/var/log/speech-dispatcher/espeak.log" #AddModule "epos-generic" "sd_generic" "epos-generic.conf" "/var/log/speech-dispatcher/epos.log" #AddModule "dtk-generic" "sd_generic" "dtk-generic.conf" "/var/log/speech-dispatcher/dtk-generic.log" #AddModule "ibmtts" "sd_ibmtts" "ibmtts.conf" "/var/log/speech-dispatcher/ibmtts.log" #AddModule "cicero" "sd_cicero" "cicero.conf" "/var/log/speech-dispatcher/cicero.log" # The output module testing doesn't actually connect to # anything. It outputs the requested commands to standard output # and reads responses from stdandard input. This way, Speech Dispatcher's # communication with output modules can be tested easily. # AddModule "testing" # DefaultModule selects which output module is the default. # You must use one of the modules loaded with AddModule. DefaultModule espeak-generic Is that information correct? Why does ESpeak still not speak eaven with speech-dispatcher and speechd-up running, and the /var/log/speech-dispatcher log created? I note nothing exists in it whatsoever... Regards, --Keith