weirdness between systems

[Guy Schlosser]

Hi all, I have a problem with Ubuntu Precise on my laptop, that does not 
seem to exist on my desktop.  On my laptop, I'm not getting 
notifications read to me (i.e. new mail notifications in Thunderbird or 
message notifications from Pidgin, etc.  I have both systems set to 
Ubuntu 2d, and am not sure why one computer is reading them, and the 
other is not.  Any ideas for getting spoken notifications on my laptop?  
Is there something I should look for that may not be present?  I 
definitely appreciate any ideas or suggestions.  Thanks in advance.


Guy