Hi. Just make sure you have speakup_soft in your /etc/modules file. that will cause speakup to be loaded with software speech as default synth. Espeakup is already a system wide daemon, so it will start automatically during boot. Kenny On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 05:21:13PM -0500, Liz Hare wrote: > > Thanks Rob, > > Yes, I have installed espeak and espeakup... I'm wondering now where > and how I give the commands to start them up, hopefully so they'll > come up as soon as possible without my having to load them each > time. > > Liz > > On 3/25/2011 4:49 PM, Rob Whyte wrote: > >Hi Liz, > >I believe you may be looking for packages espeakup or speech-dispatcher > >to with with speakup in a console and loading at system start. > > > >hope that is helpful. > > > >On 26/03/11 08:24, Liz Hare wrote: > >>Hello, > >> > >>I've just installed Debian built kernel 2.6.32, and unfortunately have > >>to use software speech (espeak). Can I configure this to load > >>automatically before login? Would this be somehow passed through Grub2 > >>or specified in some configuration file? Sorry about the dumb question > >>but I've been googling all day. > >> > >>Liz > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Speakup mailing list > >>Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup