When I installed espeakup the /etc/modules-load.d/ directory didn't exist so I configured espeakup in /etc/conf.d/espeakup by adding speakup_soft to espeakup_opts. I don't know if that will work. I haven't installed kernel or grub yet. What I'm curious about now is if a distribution kernel can be installed then have espeakup come up talking. All other instructions worked. I need to check the default USE flags and add accessibility to them if not already present. -- 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 Mon, 29 Apr 2024, Cleverson Casarin Uliana wrote: > Hi Jude, I've installed Gentoo several times, and the following commands > related to setting up speakup, which I ran during installation, never failed > me. Try them please: > > nano /etc/modules-load.d/speakup.conf > # add the following line to this file: > speakup_soft > > emerge espeakup alsa-utils > nano /etc/conf.d/alsasound > # Add the following line to this file: > SAVE_ON_STOP="yes" > > rc-update add alsasound boot > rc-update add espeakup default > > Cheers, > Cleverson > >