Linux 9 stretch What to do about reviving speakup?

[Didier Spaier]

Thanks for your answers, Gregory and Samuel.

On 03/04/2019 22:58, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> Keep in mind that if a
> hardware synthesizer is already being used, doing modprobe
> speakup_soft will cause speakup_soft to become the default
> synthesizer, unless it is inserted as:
> modprobe speakup_soft start=0
> 
>> Or conversely, does that means that a user currently running espeakup
>> can plug in a hard synthesizer and switch to it after having modprobed
>> the relevant speakup module without having to unload speakup_soft first?  
> 
> Yes, as far as I know.

On 03/04/2019 23:33, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Both hard and soft
> synths are supported, and you can switch from one to any other ad lib.

Does "ad libitum" means
"just issuing the command:
echo <name> > /sys/accessibility/speakup/synth to switch"?

Is this valid regardless if I have included "start=0" in the modprobe
command or not?

Sorry for these basic questions, I do not have not a hard synth to try.

Best,

Didier