If your BrailleLite is also serving as your speech synthesizer, then it's not too bad since it needs to be in Speech Box mode anyway. You'll just have a short "momemnt of silence" between telling SpeakUp to "shut up" (it has a key sequence for this), and telling BRLTTY to "get going". -- Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | I believe that the Bible is the Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario | Word of God. Please contact me EMail: dave@mielke.cc | Canada K2A 1H7 | if you're concerned about Hell. http://familyradio.com