Hi Trev wrote: > install libespeak-dev Thanks! Espeakup built and installed. /usr/bin/espeakup added to /etc/rc.local and speakup_soft added to /etc/modules. I'm still working over ssh. It seems that the kernel have already loaded the soundcard modules. I can see them with lsmod. But what about the channels? Are all muted by default? Do I need to install alsa-utils and unmute the channels with alsamixer?