Gnopernicus Not talking on ubuntu 6.06 desktop

["ben mustill-rose" <bmustillrose gmail com>]

Hi.

I installed ubuntu 6.06 desktop on a laptop some time ago and with
that i downloaded speech since i'm blind.
The thing is, half the time when i log in, it doesn't talk. To fix
this, i will have to restart the computer again and again.
There doesn't seem to be any patton regarding how many times i have to
restart, which is kinda annoying.
When it does start talking, its to slow, is there a hotkey to change the speech?
And lastly, is there anything that i should kno if i am moving from
hal to gnopernicus?
Any help would be great, i'm new to linux so i dunno if i gave all the
right info, but if not, just ask.
KR, BEN.