From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.237]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id A411C10A29 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:17:54 -0500 (EST) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id k40so1262197rvb.29 for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:19:53 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.141.153.16 with SMTP id f16mr734026rvo.80.1227334793905; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:19:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (69-44-252-62.mrc.clearwire-dns.net [69.44.252.62]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k41sm4012923rvb.4.2008.11.21.22.19.52 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:19:53 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:20:06 -0800 From: Gaijin To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: killing speech from cli Message-ID: <20081122062006.GA24814@clearwire.net> References: <20081122025910.GB5724@debian-hp.lan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081122025910.GB5724@debian-hp.lan> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:17:54 -0000 On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 01:59:10PM +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: > Is there a command line argument or something I can echo to speakup to > kill speech? And is there one to echo to get speakup back up talking While I haven't tried it myself, I would assume rmmod and instmod would work to unload and reload the module, if it's the loadable type. Maybe something like: #!/bin/sh rmmod (your-speakup-module echo "SpeakUP has been unloaded." instmod echo "SpeakUP module has been loaded." ...to test this out. HTH, Michael