Hi, No I wasn't in the know about any drivers not working with Speakup. Here is the syslog output. Aug 1 13:16:53 debian kernel: [17961.873872] speakup_ltlk: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned. Aug 1 13:16:53 debian kernel: [17961.874361] releasing synth soft Aug 1 13:16:53 debian kernel: [17961.874862] unregistered /dev/softsynth Aug 1 13:16:53 debian kernel: [17961.874866] synth probe Aug 1 13:16:53 debian kernel: [17961.874869] Ports not available, trying to steal them Aug 1 13:16:53 debian kernel: [17961.874875] Unable to allocate port at 3f8, errno -16 Aug 1 13:16:53 debian kernel: [17961.874877] LiteTalk: not found Aug 1 13:16:53 debian kernel: [17961.874880] ltlk: device probe failed On 8/1/16, John G Heim <jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Are you aware of the bug that causes the litetalk driver to fail to load > because of a conflict with the way the kernel keeps track of what is > using the serial port? I think this bug or feature has been in the > kernel since the 2.6 release. There are different workarounds depending > on your kernel version. Poke around in the syslog for an error message. > Or do the following and post it here: > > # tail -f /var/log/syslog & > # modprobe speakup_ltlk > > > > > On 08/01/2016 08:47 AM, Tom Moore wrote: >> Hi guys, >> What is the procedure for loading the litetalk driver in Speakup? >> I have installed Debian 8.5 with software speech and wish to use the >> Litetalk connected to the serial port. >> Modprobe -a speakup_ltlk >> Doesn't seem to get the synt talking and specifiying the speakup.ser=0 or >> speakup_ser=0 didn't seem to work either. >> >> Thanks for any help guys, >> Tom >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > -- > John G. Heim; jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; sip://jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup