You should be able to catch up with the control, or any other key for that matter, but espeakup/espeak is a bit sluggish in stopping. It is hoped that something can be done about it, but it's not too much of a big deal as Zack has already indicated. -- Bill in Denver On Sat, 2 Aug 2008, Gregory Nowak wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > That's to be expected I think, since the proper way to silence speakup > is with numpad-enter. > > Greg > On Sat, Aug 02, 2008 at 07:08:09AM -0700, Zachary Kline wrote: >> Hi, >> I've just downloaded Espeakup from Git. I'm pleased to say that so far >> I've had quite good success with it, and Espeak as a whole seems >> responsive. >> I did notice slight delays between my use of the control key to silence >> speech and the time it actually got quiet. This is a minor problem, >> though. >> Great work! >> Best, >> Zack. >>