espeakup software package provides Connector between speakup kernel modules and espeak, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install espeakup
espeakup is installed in your system.
Make ensure the espeakup package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep espeakup *
You will get with espeakup package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Administration Utilities |
| Package | espeakup |
| Version | 1:0.71-26ubuntu1 |
| Description | Connector between speakup kernel modules and espeak |
| Sub Section | admin |