I find it isn't necessary to poke sftsyn out of /proc/speakup/synth_name. Killing the connector is sufficient for me on several systems. Since this is a gesture one will undoubtedly perform more and more often until we get a real fix in for this problem, less is definitely more. Janina William F. Acker writes: > Hi, > > just do: killall spk-connect-ttsynth;echo none > >/proc/speakup/synth_name > > HTH. > > > -- > Bill in Denver > > On Mon, 23 Jul 2007, Darragh ? H?iligh wrote: > > >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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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