> This has been available in speakup for ages unless it's been taken > out. There's a setting that turns off keyboard interruption of speech. > Set /sys/module/speakup/parameters/no_interrupt to 1 (instead of 0) It's still available. I experimented with it just now, and it seems to decrease Speakup's responsiveness. Assuming that one is comfortable typing without keyboard echo, another option is to disable it: echo 0 > /sys/module/speakup/parameters/key_echo -- Chris