Yes, this is the design, there is another way to complete turn speakup off (shift print screen if I remember) or the new silence variable in the cvs version under /proc/speakup. <raul at asmodean.net> writes: > If I press this combination speakup announces "you turned me off" Now to > my knowledge this is supposed to turn off speak up completely. However > all it does is turn off the autospeaking of text or echoing of characters. > I can still review the screen with the numpad keys. Once I press this > combination again and speakup announces "hey that's better" everything is > read completely. > > So is this a bug or a feature? > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- John Covici covici at ccs.covici.com