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[Greg Wocher <gtwocher AT gmail.com>]

Here is what I am typing: 
(setq espeak-default-speech-rate 300)
I know the file is being loaded because emacspeak is loading when I open 
emacs. 


Greg Wocher

> On Oct 23, 2026, at 11:51 AM, Zachary Kline <zkline AT speedpost.net> wrote:
> 
> What are you typing? If you can include the lisp, it would be helpful. Are 
> you sure your file is actually being executed?
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Oct 23, 2026, at 8:48 AM, Greg Wocher <emacspeak AT emacspeak.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello all,
>> I was able to get emacspeak up and running on my arch installation. I 
>> never could get it to work on Fedora 44. I am running into an issue 
>> though. I cannot set the default speech rate in my init.el file. No matter 
>> how I type the command it does not work. I am using emacs 31.1 which might 
>> be part of the issue but I am not sure. What can I do to set the default 
>> rate?
>> 
>> THanks,
>> Greg WOcher
>> 
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