Michael Whapples napsal(a): > Note this can be done on my system with speech-dispatcher so the > sound card can do it, but I find sometimes speech-dispatcher dies > occasionally, and removing as many stages as possible seems to me > to be much more preferable (just my oppinion). I know it doesn't answer your question, but your feedback might help to fix the problem with Speech Dispatcher. Were you using Orca with Speech Dispatcher backend, or a Speech Dispatcher Gnome Speech driver? Note that Speech Dispatcher backend allows Orca to communicate directly with Speech Dispatcher. See http://live.gnome.org/Orca/SpeechDispatcher Did you try using Speech Dispatcher with anything else than espeak? Best regards, Tomas