Rudy, If your model is, indeed, a DecTalk Express, you need the speakup_dectlk module, not the speakup_decext module. The latter is for the pre-Express original Dectalk, which I’ve never actually seen. Hopefully this goes some way towards solving your problem. Best, Zack. > On Feb 16, 2018, at 10:05 AM, Rudy Vener <salt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Greg, all, > > Whoops. Miscommunication here. My Dectalk Express External is the old model, using > the old RS-232 serial port with the DB-9 pin connector, not the new USB Dectalk. > > Does this mean the speakup_decext module is for the > USB version? > > If so, which module do I need for the old Dectalkkkk external? > > Sorry for all this confusion, but I am new to speakup. > > Thanks, > Rudy > > On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 12:00:02PM -0500, speakup-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> Hi again. >> >> I've just been looking into this, since someone else asked me about >> speakup also. You need at least kernel 4.13 to take advantage of the >> new serial synthesizer support, see: >> >> <http://linux-speakup.org/pipermail/speakup/2017-September/061153.html> >> >> Greg >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 03:40:37PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: >>> Since 4.4.0 is older than 4.14.x, the kernel likely is the culprit. >>> >>> Greg >> >> >> -- > -- > Rudy Vener > Website: http://www.rudyvener.com > _______________________________________________ > 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