On Sun, Apr 03, 2022 at 05:51:44PM -0700, Chime Hart wrote: > sudo echo soft >/sys/accessibility/speakup/synth > I get a permission error. I don't know how the echo in bash differs from the echo in tcsh if at all. Did you modprobe the speakup_soft module? >As far as speechd-up if I run an apt install in > Debian, it tries installing a 0.5 version from 2011, but errors out. Here is > an output You mentioned you had trouble installing speech-dispatcher. To work, speechd-up requires an installed and configured speech-dispatcher. Do you have speech-dispatcher installed and working with espeak-ng? If you do, do you have a /var/log/speechd-up.log file? If yes, what does it say? Greg -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your contacts. -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@xxxxxx