Dectalk software not reading console numbers

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.  I'm playing with speakup CVS and the Dectalk software synth.
I just noticed the synth isn't reading the console numbers in
the output of the who command.

kenny    vc/1         Jul 16 15:44
kenny    vc/2         Jul 16 15:44
kenny    vc/3         Jul 16 15:44
kenny    vc/4         Jul 19 13:53

If I do a read word on the console number, I hear it.  Just reading
by lines I only hear "vc slash".  Does anyone else see this?
If I cursor back up to the text from the who command in this
message, I only hear the "vc slash".  Using the left and right
arrow speaks the number after the /.

Thanks in advance.
          Kenny