If you enabled espeak.service reboot and see if it works. -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Tue, 19 Mar 2024, Martin McCormick wrote: > All of you have told me something that I either didn't already > know or was hazy about. > > When I figure it out, I'll send a short message to the > list explaining what it was so I really appreciate your help. > > The biggest surprise is that speech-dispatcher is most > likely not being used. To be honest, we don't learn much when > everything works perfectly so this is a teachable moment. > Thanks. > Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Did you do: > > sysctl enable espeakup.service > >