Thanks for this post. I just checked. There are two programs for sounds control. One is called audiomix and the other is called Kmix. Volume Control in both for speakers is set at 80% and above. The sound is enabled. So, I am lost for now as to the cause of the problem. Vijay --- On Fri 05/27, Marcello Perathoner < marcello@perathoner.de > wrote: From: Marcello Perathoner [mailto: marcello@perathoner.de] To: rvijay07@myway.com, gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 10:19:45 +0200 Subject: Re: [gutvol-d] Listening to EBooks in Text Format !!! rvijay07 wrote:<br><br>> Thanks for the response. I have all the files you mentioned and<br>> festival didn't work.<br>> <br>> I have to use a headphone and one of them works for other programs.<br>> However, I don't have a general volume control (Debian Linux). Volume<br>> control works thru xmms.<br><br>Install the gnome-media package. It contains gnome-volume-control .<br><br>I'm not using KDE but there sure is a corresponding package there.<br><br><br>-- <br>Marcello Perathoner<br>webmaster@gutenberg.org<br><br> _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com