First of all, you will need to create /etc/modules-load.d/speakup.conf containing the following lines: speakup speakup_soft Once you have done this, or if you did it already, you need the attached file. I think it's not yet in the latest version of espeakup. Save the attached file as /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/espeakup.service on your Arch installation. Then do sudo systemctl start espeakup sudo systemctl enable espeakup.service Speakup will start talking as soon as you enter the first command, and will begin speaking automatically at boot time on the next reboot after typing the second command. I hope the new systemd unit makes it into the released version soon. Note: a file similar to my attachment is now in the version of espeakup in community-testing, so enabling that repo for now to pull in the latest espeakup will also give you a talking system, although you will still need to be sure the service is enabled. sudo systemctl enable espeakup.service Hope this helps. ~Kyle -------------- next part -------------- [Unit] Description=Software speech output for Speakup using eSpeak [Service] Type=forking PIDFile=/var/run/espeakup.pid ExecStart=/usr/bin/espeakup ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID Restart=always [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
