You'll need to use speech-dispatcher (speechd-up), or espeak (with espeakup). I've used both, and currently use espeakup... Just check it out from git://hubbs.homedns.org/espeakup.git Then, read the README file... In a start up script just add a line like /usr/bin/espeakup To start it at boot time... Oh and you have to start the speakup_soft module of course... The other option speechd-up uses the speakup_soft module, but you just need to make sure speechd-up and speech-dispatcher can start at boot up... Google for speechd-up, and read the readme... Speech-dispatcher should be in your package manager... Then just edit the configs... I'm currently writing up a page for my website on this topic; hoping I can upload it by Friday afternoon my time, if successful I'll post a link, and I also have got a kernel image up. Hope this helps a little, and if you can wait a few days then better documentation will be available... Have a good one... Danny On Sun, Dec 09, 2007 at 03:08:25PM -0500, Scott Ford wrote: > Hi, > I have installed fc8 on my systems, I would like to use espeak, and > or Festival instead of the hardware synth. I cannot seem to find the > command to do this. I have done a google search and cannot seem to find the > answer. Help please and thank you. > Scott > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup