I dont think hardware synths have worked for a while so to answer your question yes. Also speaking from boot hasn't worked in quite a while either. if it works for people at all I've not had a hardware synth and speaking from boot since about 2009. On 12/11/2012 12:55 PM, Arthur Pirika wrote: > Hi, > I think the subject pretty much speaks for itself. With serial > synths, and especially serial ports getting harder to find, with the > only serials synths still being made new are the venerable > doubletalks, should work be ramped up on getting software speech, > somehow at kernel level? I know there was a project working on this, > but not much has been done on it for a while. > Related to this, I assume it's still possible to build speakup into > the kernel, although most distributions package speakup as modules, > thereby allowing messages from the moment of powerup? > > thanks, > Arthur > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup