problem with festival

["MICHAEL WEAVER" <michaelweaver1 btinternet com>]

Is there a problem with Festival?
I ask because I tried to run the accessable version of the live CD for 
Ubuntu and although my mother who was down at my flat at the time told me 
what was going on on the first part of the screen, when Ubuntu ran I got no 
speech at all.
I remember doing the same thing with the Orolux CD. If I chose the Festival 
synth during the setup where you are asked for keyboard, language, desktop, 
Braille Display and synthesiser, if you chose Festival you wouldn't get 
speech which meaned that I had to use the Text to Speak English and Russian 
synth.
I am wondering if I install Ubuntu on my Desktop or Laptop, I am wondering 
if I am going to have a problem getting it to speak.