speakup parameters not taking effect

[Effortless Union with the Divine]

Hey all. Does anyone know why speakup_rate, speakup_pitch, and 
speakup_vol don't seem to take effect? Putting commands in .bash_profile 
doesn't work when logging in, though they do work when rerunning the 
profile manually. Putting the parameters in the append= line of lilo 
doesn't work either. Any help?

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