I think -- at least in the newer ones -- you have to press tab and then type speakup.synth=code. Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at shellworld.net> wrote: > Does anyone know how long to wait when booting up grml with speakup to > start doing things with the keyboard after the post beep? I managed > to get grml up and talking only once and had a lot of trouble doing > that earlier today. I'm not even sure holding the left shift key down > actually has any useful effect anymore with grml at least. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici at ccs.covici.com