Hi, If you have pulseaudio installed it has to be set system wide for you to have speech in both. There is some low security risk when you set it to run system wide, so it is not set by default. If you are using gnome3 then pulse is installed because it is a dependancy. HTH Storm -- Vinux Publicity Coordinator: http://www.vinuxproject.org/ Registered Linux user number 508465: https://linuxcounter.net/user/508465.html My blog, Thoughts of a Dragon: http://www.stormdragon.us/ Need a safe and easy way to backup and share files? Try Dropbox: http://db.tt/jeY50HR "We sail the endless oceans, we sail the raging seas. The quest is never ending, it leads us to destiny." Alestorm- The Quest On Sat, 2012-06-30 at 21:14 -0500, mike wrote: > Hi, > > I run debian sid. I have ran it for about three years. I've never had a > problem. However as of late if I switch from concel to gnome and start orca > speech dies on the concel anyone have any idea's? > > Tips and tricks to make Linux work for you are at: > http://www.stormdragon.us/ > To post messages to the list send mail to: > accessiblelinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Change your subscription or the way you receive mail at: > //www.freelists.org/list/accessiblelinux > The List's archives are located at: > //www.freelists.org/archive/accessiblelinux > Learn the Linux command line: > http://en.flossmanuals.net/gnulinux