Hi, Sorry, I'm not a programmer otherwise I would try to fix it myself. I read something in the change log saying that a problem with a different synth was fixed by changing the timeout delay when probing. It's strange because I've not had this particular problem with any other kernel, either on a boot CD, floppy, or hard disk. I can easily send a patch to fix the init string, but all that's really necessary is to remove the "pe -380" from the commands first sent to the unit. Maybe changing the timeout delay would help, I don't know. Perhaps this particular bug was introduced later in the CVS code for Speakup which grml is using. I can try to test any fixes, but I'm not a programmer and would rather avoid trying to compile kernels. Kirk Reiser wrote: > Hello Tony: That is a bug in the Dectalk Express driver which we have > known about for quite a while. I have been looking at it but don't > have a Dectalk myself to test with so it isn't a very high priority. > I do have a few other people that are also waiting for a solution so > hopefully I'll have something to test in the not to distant future. > I'd say by at least 2020! 'grin' Of course patches which fix the > problem will be happily accepted. >