---
name: "emacspeakconfig"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "emacspeak"
version: "53.0+dfsg-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/emacspeakconfig"
---

# emacspeakconfig(8)

configure emacspeak

## NAME

emacspeakconfig - configure emacspeak

## SYNOPSIS

**/usr/sbin/emacspeakconfig** \[ **-i** \]

## DESCRIPTION

This script records in */etc/emacspeak.conf* the type of text to speech device, the device (port) where it is connected, and the name of the speech server used to access it.

## OPTIONS

- **-i**

  Initial configuration: If */etc/emacspeakconfig* exists and has all the required entries, then leave it unchanged and ask no questions.  The default is to ask regardless.

## AUTHOR

Jim Van Zandt \<jrv@debian.org\>

## FILES

```
/etc/emacspeak.conf
```

## SEE ALSO

[**emacspeak**(1)](/emacspeak/1.md)