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-espeakup connector
-=======================
+# espeakup connector
 
 espeakup is a program which makes it possible for speakup to use
 the espeak software synthesizer.  It does this by reading speakup's
 softsynth device and passing the text to espeak which actually speaks.
 
-Requirements
-============
+## Requirements
 
 This program works with the speakup screen reader, which can be obtained
 from http://linux-speakup.org, and the espeak software speech
@@ -14,8 +12,7 @@ synthesizer which can be obtained from http://espeak.sourceforge.net.
 You must have both of these installed and operational.  Setting them up
 is beyond the scope of this document.
 
-Installation
-============
+## Installation
 
 The preferred way to install espeakup is using your distribution's
 packaging system, but if your distribution does not have a package for
@@ -23,16 +20,14 @@ espeakup yet, espeakup just uses a Makefile, so you should be able to
 change to the source directory, then type make, then as root, make
 install.
 
-Starting Up
-===========
+## Starting Up
 
 This program should be run after speakup is set up to communicate with a
 software synthesizer and after /dev/softsynth exists.  The way this is
 done is distribution specific, so it is beyond the scope of this
 documentation.
 
-Command Line Options
-====================
+## Command Line Options
 
 Espeakup currently accepts the following command line options:
 
@@ -41,16 +36,14 @@ Espeakup currently accepts the following command line options:
   --help, -h				Show this help.
   --version, -v				Display the software version.
 
-Acknowledgements
-================
+## Acknowledgements
 
 I would like to thank Marc Mulcahy, the author of the speakup to
 TTSynth connector, on which this work is based.  Also, I would like
 to thank Kirk Reiser and Jonathan Duddington, the
 authors of Speakup and Espeak, respectively, for their work.
 
-Filing Bugs
-====
+## Filing Bugs
 
 Bugs should be filed on our bug tracker at
 https://github.com/linux-speakup/issues.