Naw, the new ones... just hit enter once, wait a bit, hit enter again, wait a bit longer and hit enter... then type swspeak. If you type to soon, you'll mess up your keyboard layout, which is really a pain--the / key becomes -, etc. On 12/14/2010 11:39 PM, covici at ccs.covici.com wrote: > 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 -- Thanks, Ty