diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/speakup_decext.c b/drivers/staging/speakup/speakup_decext.c
index ddbb7e97d1183..7408eb29cf389 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/speakup_decext.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/speakup_decext.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ static struct var_t vars[] = {
 	{ CAPS_STOP, .u.s = {"[:dv ap 100]" } },
 	{ RATE, .u.n = {"[:ra %d]", 7, 0, 9, 150, 25, NULL } },
 	{ PITCH, .u.n = {"[:dv ap %d]", 100, 0, 100, 0, 0, NULL } },
+	{ INFLECTION, .u.n = {"[:dv pr %d] ", 100, 0, 10000, 0, 0, NULL } },
 	{ VOL, .u.n = {"[:dv gv %d]", 13, 0, 16, 0, 5, NULL } },
 	{ PUNCT, .u.n = {"[:pu %c]", 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, "nsa" } },
 	{ VOICE, .u.n = {"[:n%c]", 0, 0, 9, 0, 0, "phfdburwkv" } },
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ static struct kobj_attribute caps_stop_attribute =
 	__ATTR(caps_stop, 0644, spk_var_show, spk_var_store);
 static struct kobj_attribute pitch_attribute =
 	__ATTR(pitch, 0644, spk_var_show, spk_var_store);
+static struct kobj_attribute inflection_attribute =
+	__ATTR(inflection, 0644, spk_var_show, spk_var_store);
 static struct kobj_attribute punct_attribute =
 	__ATTR(punct, 0644, spk_var_show, spk_var_store);
 static struct kobj_attribute rate_attribute =
@@ -87,6 +90,7 @@ static struct attribute *synth_attrs[] = {
 	&caps_start_attribute.attr,
 	&caps_stop_attribute.attr,
 	&pitch_attribute.attr,
+	&inflection_attribute.attr,
 	&punct_attribute.attr,
 	&rate_attribute.attr,
 	&voice_attribute.attr,
diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/speakup_decpc.c b/drivers/staging/speakup/speakup_decpc.c
index 798c42dfa16cc..96f24c848cc56 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/speakup_decpc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/speakup_decpc.c
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ static struct var_t vars[] = {
 	{ CAPS_STOP, .u.s = {"[:dv ap 100]" } },
 	{ RATE, .u.n = {"[:ra %d]", 9, 0, 18, 150, 25, NULL } },
 	{ PITCH, .u.n = {"[:dv ap %d]", 80, 0, 100, 20, 0, NULL } },
+	{ INFLECTION, .u.n = {"[:dv pr %d] ", 100, 0, 10000, 0, 0, NULL } },
 	{ VOL, .u.n = {"[:vo se %d]", 5, 0, 9, 5, 10, NULL } },
 	{ PUNCT, .u.n = {"[:pu %c]", 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, "nsa" } },
 	{ VOICE, .u.n = {"[:n%c]", 0, 0, 9, 0, 0, "phfdburwkv" } },
@@ -155,6 +156,8 @@ static struct kobj_attribute caps_stop_attribute =
 	__ATTR(caps_stop, 0644, spk_var_show, spk_var_store);
 static struct kobj_attribute pitch_attribute =
 	__ATTR(pitch, 0644, spk_var_show, spk_var_store);
+static struct kobj_attribute inflection_attribute =
+	__ATTR(inflection, 0644, spk_var_show, spk_var_store);
 static struct kobj_attribute punct_attribute =
 	__ATTR(punct, 0644, spk_var_show, spk_var_store);
 static struct kobj_attribute rate_attribute =
@@ -183,6 +186,7 @@ static struct attribute *synth_attrs[] = {
 	&caps_start_attribute.attr,
 	&caps_stop_attribute.attr,
 	&pitch_attribute.attr,
+	&inflection_attribute.attr,
 	&punct_attribute.attr,
 	&rate_attribute.attr,
 	&voice_attribute.attr,
diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/speakup_dectlk.c b/drivers/staging/speakup/speakup_dectlk.c
index dccb4ea29d379..780214b5ca16e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/speakup_dectlk.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/speakup_dectlk.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static struct var_t vars[] = {
 	{ CAPS_START, .u.s = {"[:dv ap 160] " } },
 	{ CAPS_STOP, .u.s = {"[:dv ap 100 ] " } },
 	{ RATE, .u.n = {"[:ra %d] ", 180, 75, 650, 0, 0, NULL } },
-	{ PITCH, .u.n = {"[:dv ap %d] ", 122, 50, 350, 0, 0, NULL } },
+	{ INFLECTION, .u.n = {"[:dv pr %d] ", 100, 0, 10000, 0, 0, NULL } },
 	{ VOL, .u.n = {"[:dv g5 %d] ", 86, 60, 86, 0, 0, NULL } },
 	{ PUNCT, .u.n = {"[:pu %c] ", 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, "nsa" } },
 	{ VOICE, .u.n = {"[:n%c] ", 0, 0, 9, 0, 0, "phfdburwkv" } },
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ static struct kobj_attribute caps_stop_attribute =
 	__ATTR(caps_stop, 0644, spk_var_show, spk_var_store);
 static struct kobj_attribute pitch_attribute =
 	__ATTR(pitch, 0644, spk_var_show, spk_var_store);
+static struct kobj_attribute inflection_attribute =
+	__ATTR(inflection, 0644, spk_var_show, spk_var_store);
 static struct kobj_attribute punct_attribute =
 	__ATTR(punct, 0644, spk_var_show, spk_var_store);
 static struct kobj_attribute rate_attribute =
@@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ static struct attribute *synth_attrs[] = {
 	&caps_start_attribute.attr,
 	&caps_stop_attribute.attr,
 	&pitch_attribute.attr,
+	&inflection_attribute.attr,
 	&punct_attribute.attr,
 	&rate_attribute.attr,
 	&voice_attribute.attr,
diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/speakup_dummy.c b/drivers/staging/speakup/speakup_dummy.c
index 7df1a84297f63..e393438af81bd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/speakup_dummy.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/speakup_dummy.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ static struct var_t vars[] = {
 	{ PAUSE, .u.s = {"PAUSE\n"} },
 	{ RATE, .u.n = {"RATE %d\n", 8, 1, 16, 0, 0, NULL } },
 	{ PITCH, .u.n = {"PITCH %d\n", 8, 0, 16, 0, 0, NULL } },
+	{ INFLECTION, .u.n = {"INFLECTION %d\n", 8, 0, 16, 0, 0, NULL } },
 	{ VOL, .u.n = {"VOL %d\n", 8, 0, 16, 0, 0, NULL } },
 	{ TONE, .u.n = {"TONE %d\n", 8, 0, 16, 0, 0, NULL } },
 	{ DIRECT, .u.n = {NULL, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, NULL } },
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ static struct kobj_attribute caps_stop_attribute =
 	__ATTR(caps_stop, 0644, spk_var_show, spk_var_store);
 static struct kobj_attribute pitch_attribute =
 	__ATTR(pitch, 0644, spk_var_show, spk_var_store);
+static struct kobj_attribute inflection_attribute =
+	__ATTR(inflection, 0644, spk_var_show, spk_var_store);
 static struct kobj_attribute rate_attribute =
 	__ATTR(rate, 0644, spk_var_show, spk_var_store);
 static struct kobj_attribute tone_attribute =
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@ static struct attribute *synth_attrs[] = {
 	&caps_start_attribute.attr,
 	&caps_stop_attribute.attr,
 	&pitch_attribute.attr,
+	&inflection_attribute.attr,
 	&rate_attribute.attr,
 	&tone_attribute.attr,
 	&vol_attribute.attr,
diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/speakup_soft.c b/drivers/staging/speakup/speakup_soft.c
index f591ec0955826..9a7029539f35d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/speakup_soft.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/speakup_soft.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ static struct var_t vars[] = {
 	{ PAUSE, .u.n = {"\x01P" } },
 	{ RATE, .u.n = {"\x01%ds", 2, 0, 9, 0, 0, NULL } },
 	{ PITCH, .u.n = {"\x01%dp", 5, 0, 9, 0, 0, NULL } },
+	{ INFLECTION, .u.n = {"\x01%dr", 5, 0, 9, 0, 0, NULL } },
 	{ VOL, .u.n = {"\x01%dv", 5, 0, 9, 0, 0, NULL } },
 	{ TONE, .u.n = {"\x01%dx", 1, 0, 2, 0, 0, NULL } },
 	{ PUNCT, .u.n = {"\x01%db", 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, NULL } },
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ static struct kobj_attribute freq_attribute =
 	__ATTR(freq, 0644, spk_var_show, spk_var_store);
 static struct kobj_attribute pitch_attribute =
 	__ATTR(pitch, 0644, spk_var_show, spk_var_store);
+static struct kobj_attribute inflection_attribute =
+	__ATTR(inflection, 0644, spk_var_show, spk_var_store);
 static struct kobj_attribute punct_attribute =
 	__ATTR(punct, 0644, spk_var_show, spk_var_store);
 static struct kobj_attribute rate_attribute =
@@ -96,6 +99,7 @@ static struct attribute *synth_attrs[] = {
 	&freq_attribute.attr,
 /*	&lang_attribute.attr, */
 	&pitch_attribute.attr,
+	&inflection_attribute.attr,
 	&punct_attribute.attr,
 	&rate_attribute.attr,
 	&tone_attribute.attr,
diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/spk_types.h b/drivers/staging/speakup/spk_types.h
index fc6a9416829c5..d3272c6d199aa 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/spk_types.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/spk_types.h
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ enum var_id_t {
 	SAY_CONTROL, SAY_WORD_CTL, NO_INTERRUPT, KEY_ECHO,
 	SPELL_DELAY, PUNC_LEVEL, READING_PUNC,
 	ATTRIB_BLEEP, BLEEPS,
-	RATE, PITCH, VOL, TONE, PUNCT, VOICE, FREQUENCY, LANG, DIRECT, PAUSE,
+	RATE, PITCH, INFLECTION, VOL, TONE, PUNCT, VOICE, FREQUENCY, LANG,
+	DIRECT, PAUSE,
 	CAPS_START, CAPS_STOP, CHARTAB,
 	MAXVARS
 };
diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/spkguide.txt b/drivers/staging/speakup/spkguide.txt
index c23549c54c3c1..1e622cd343633 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/spkguide.txt
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/spkguide.txt
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ freq
 full_time
 jiffy_delta
 pitch
+inflection
 punct
 rate
 tone
@@ -518,9 +519,9 @@ All the entries in the Speakup sys system are readable, some are
 writable by root only, and some are writable by everyone.  Unless you
 know what you are doing, you should probably leave the ones that are
 writable by root only alone.  Most of the names are self explanatory.
-Vol for controlling volume, pitch for pitch, rate for controlling speaking
-rate, etc.  If you find one you aren't sure about, you can post a query
-on the Speakup list.
+Vol for controlling volume, pitch for pitch, inflection for pitch range, rate
+for controlling speaking rate, etc.  If you find one you aren't sure about, you
+can post a query on the Speakup list.
 
 6.  Changing Synthesizers
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/sysfs-driver-speakup b/drivers/staging/speakup/sysfs-driver-speakup
index be3f5d6962e90..c6a32c434ce92 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/sysfs-driver-speakup
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/sysfs-driver-speakup
@@ -325,6 +325,12 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6
 Contact:	speakup@linux-speakup.org
 Description:	Gets or sets the pitch of the synthesizer. The range is 0-9.
 
+What:		/sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/inflection
+KernelVersion:	5.8
+Contact:	speakup@linux-speakup.org
+Description:	Gets or sets the inflection of the synthesizer, i.e. the pitch
+		range. The range is 0-9.
+
 What:		/sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/punct
 KernelVersion:	2.6
 Contact:	speakup@linux-speakup.org
diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/varhandlers.c b/drivers/staging/speakup/varhandlers.c
index 5741d1cb6227d..d7f6bec7ff06f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/varhandlers.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/varhandlers.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ static struct st_var_header var_headers[] = {
 	{ "bell_pos", BELL_POS, VAR_NUM, &spk_bell_pos, NULL },
 	{ "rate", RATE, VAR_NUM, NULL, NULL },
 	{ "pitch", PITCH, VAR_NUM, NULL, NULL },
+	{ "inflection", INFLECTION, VAR_NUM, NULL, NULL },
 	{ "vol", VOL, VAR_NUM, NULL, NULL },
 	{ "tone", TONE, VAR_NUM, NULL, NULL },
 	{ "punct", PUNCT, VAR_NUM, NULL, NULL   },