Hi carin, I would recommend www.linux-speakup.org. This is a screen reader for linux. I got it to work with redhat. It supports only a limited number of hardware synths but it talks from boot to shutdown. What kind of synth does he have? As far as a distribution of linux. I recommend redhat. this will work with speakup. It is even possible for him to install linux with speakup. Send me questions privately if you feel better. send mail to rick@oglevee.com talk to you later and good luck!! rick -----Original Message----- From: Carin Headrick [mailto:headrick2001@rogers.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 3:48 PM To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: really general questions. Hi. I will just say right now that I will probably seem really dumb on this list, but I'm helping a friend who is blind and was asking me about Linux, and has no internet access. So, the dumbest of the dumb questions, what would be the best screen-reader for Linux? I've seen a lot about emacspeak, but will that do the job for all linux utilities? Where can I get it for him? I went to a couple places, expecting exe's, yep, I've spent too long with windows, and can't figure out what to download. Is ithard to learn? A lot of the descriptions I found sound like they're speaking Greek, and I thought I was good at computer stuff. I tried to sign up to the emacspeak list, but can't tell if I'm on or not. Thanks in advance for being patient with me, Carin _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list