According to Tom Gundersen: #> So in the example given by the OP, the ExecStart line should look like #> > #> >ExecStart=/usr/bin/espeakup --default-voice=en-us #> > #> >and then the edited file should be saved to /etc/systemd/espeakup.service. # Correct. In that case, it looks like it's safe to remove /etc/conf.d/espeakup from the package, since it is ignored by the systemd service, and appears to have been shipped with the Arch package for compatibility with conf.d and the rc.d initscripts rather than being an upstream configuration file. I'm currently working with Chris on testing new Talking Arch releases, and will be helping to update the wiki documentation for Talking Arch installation as well, so I'll document the service file override when command line options are needed. ~Kyle http://kyle.tk