What does your /var/log syslog or messages say about the installing of the module? If it is any different than the messages you've already provided? Also what happens if you cat something to /proc/speakup/synth_direct or to /dev/synth? Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061