On Sun, Apr 03, 2022 at 09:57:45PM -0700, Chime Hart wrote: > [Sun Apr 3 17:46:06 2022] speechd: Error while openning the device in > read/write mode 2,No such file or directory > [Sun Apr 3 17:46:06 2022] speechd: Trying to open the device in the old way. > [Sun Apr 3 17:46:06 2022] speechd: Error while openning the device in read > mode 2,No such file or directory > [Sun Apr 3 17:46:06 2022] speechd: ERROR! Unable to open soft synth device > (/dev/softsynth) It looks like modprobe speakup_soft would solve this. 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