Hi, ESpeak is not saying "Software found" when my Gentoo box starts. Instead, it first says: "Okay, bringing up eth0 adding routes" Not sure why? I would like ESpeak to read as much of the boot-up process as Speakup will allow it to do, as much of the boot-up messages as can be done via any software-synthesizer. Send me an email with instructions on how Speakup works as far as when Speech comes up, etc, so that I can aulter it. I want as much of my system's boot up process spoken as possible. Regards, --Keith.