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[Greg Wocher <gtwocher AT gmail.com>]

Thank you. This worked.


Greg Wocher

> On Oct 23, 2026, at 1:08 PM, Jeff Dittel <jeff AT britlan.com> wrote:
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> This is what I use in my init.el file to set the speech rate:
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> (dtk-set-rate 230 t)
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> Jeff
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> Jeff Dittel
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>> On Oct 23, 2026, at 12:36 PM, Greg Wocher (via emacspeak Mailing List) 
>> <emacspeak AT emacspeak.net> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 
>> Greg Wocher
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>>>> On Oct 23, 2026, at 11:51 AM, Zachary Kline <zkline AT speedpost.net> wrote:
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>>> 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
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>>>> 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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