I need to get speakup to wirk. Suggestions?

[Linux for blind general discussion]

did you do modprobe speakup-soft.synth yet?  That should not have 
returned an error if espeakup was installed with all dependencies.

On Mon, 31 Jul 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 16:29:35
> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: blinux-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: I need to get speakup to wirk. Suggestions?
> 
> I'm trying to use speakup with espeakup.
> Espeakup says: "Unable to open the soft synth device: no such file or
> directory".
> I thought I'd installed speakup, but typing it gives "command not found".
> I just downloaded a speakup tarball (that took some digging). Running
> the makefile produces two errors that I don't understand.
>
> What is speachd-up? Do I need it in addition to speakup and espeakup?
>
> On 7/31/17, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Do you use espeakup or speechd-up, or some hardware synthesizer?
>> If you use espeakup or speechd-up, kill all instances and start it from the
>> graphical terminal with sudo.
>> Then, switch to some text console and log in - you probably won't have
>> speech on the login prompt.
>>
>> --
>> Best wishes,
>> Zahari
>>
>>   Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>> Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 01:53:38PM -0500
>>
>>> I'm using Orca on Ubuntu MATE. I want to use several terminal
>>> applications because I'm unsatisfied with the desktop apps I currently
>>> use.
>>> Orca's terminal support sucks.
>>> I've installed speakup, but it never runs when I switch to terminal.
>>> Any suggestions for fixes I might try? Thanks.
>>>
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