Hi, Darragh: Reget this issue isn't resolved yet. Hopefully better minds than mine will help with this problem soon. Meanwhile, I simply go to an open console as root and issue: killall spt Note that I've sym-linked the Speakup Connector to a command called spt. You'll need to specify the command you actually used to start the connector. It is the connector you're referring to? Yes? Furthermore, I've noted it isn't necessary to kill Orca. When I go back to the console, I simply need to issue a new: spt And all is well until the next time I need to Ctrl-Alt-F[?] to go back to the gui. Janina Darragh ? H?iligh writes: > Hello, > Can someone tell me how I can release TTSynth after speakup has used > it so I can let Orca use it and visaversa? > > both Speakup and Orca are using it and the results are really cool but > I often use speakup and Orca at the same time so I'd really like a way > of releasing the TTSYnth app. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.202.595.7777; sip:janina at a11y.org Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada Learn more at http://ScreenlessPhone.Com Chair, Open Accessibility janina at a11y.org Linux Foundation http://a11y.org