I didn't see any response on this, so I'm answering. On 8/4/2012 7:45 AM, Jason Miller wrote: > espeak -s ### > > will that permanently increase the default speed of espeak with speakup on > the console after next reboot? No. I know the base rate is like 160. If not, > would I be editing > > /home/username/.speech-dispatcher/conf/modules/espeak-generic.conf > > and modifying the line: > > GenericRateAdd 160 I don't use Speech Dispatcher, so I can't help there, but why aren't you using espeakup? It is much more responsive with ESpeak and Speakup and will probably give you better results.