Hi All, This message is mostly for Kirk, but I hope he doesn't mind me sending it through the list for all to read. I just wanted to send a note expressing my excitement and extreme appreciation for the work that has gone into speakup. After loosing my eyesight a few years ago in the middle of trying get a computer science degree I had about given up on having access to the linux and UNIX world. Through the help of Matt Campbell getting me started with his zipspeak distribution with speakup 0.08 for my DecTalk Express I've been haveing a ball getting re-aquainted with the UNIX world. Speakup is an incredible program that I am very thankful to have. I still have great concernes about the mainstream evidently pushing xwindows so hard and being blind having zero access to that interface, but I'm still thankful at least for the access to the text based system and utilities. I'm looking forward to learning how to compile my own kernels so I can independantly experiment and perhaps help others. Thanks again Kirk for the outstanding and excellent work on speakup! Maybe I'll be able to try out v0.09 soon. Best Regards, -Matthew Janusauskas
