Hello, Steve Holmes, le Thu 09 Oct 2008 16:40:10 -0700, a ?crit : > The command I'm using is > install speakup.synth=spkout How exactly do you type that? You are not supposed to type install, just speakup.synth=spkout > I tried this with and without pressing tab first. In all cases, I get > no speech. I saw in the f8.txt that speakup could be used but in > parentheses, they said graphical installer only so I also tried > installgui speakup.synth=spkout Yes, you need to select the graphical installer because the base installer doesn't have speakup. See http://brl.thefreecat.org/wiki/moin.cgi/debian To select the graphical installer, press the arrow key once before typing tab and speakup.synth=spkout. Samuel