Hi, Janina, you're mostly right, except that now Slackware (with upcoming 7.2) will apparently have a Speakup-enabled boot disk available right from the CD. So that should be safe to use. Also, I *think* speakup_ser boot parameter is being phased out, but I had best not say for sure. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV | History is made by stupid people. Email: davros at ycardz.com | Clever people wouldn't even try. Phone: (972) 276-6360 | If you want a place in the history books ICQ: 36621210 | Then do something dumb before you die.