I used the /proc/speakup/characters file as a reference and still cannot figure out why it doesn't work. I saw that the values matched my expectation, but I am still getting odd stuff when I type them into editors. If I can successfully jump this hurtle I won't have to reboot this damn box into winblows every other day for spanish homework. grin. Thanks for the suggestions. On 4 Oct 2001, Kirk Reiser wrote: > Hi Tom: Linux uses isolatin1 by default I believe. I don't think the > other os does but I'm not sure. You can find all of the characters in > order and their pronunciation strings by doing: > > cat /proc/speakup/characters >chars.out > > or something along those lines. I believe there is a diacritical you > can also type and the following key hit does a conversion but I do not > remember the magic sequence currently. > > Kirk > > -- > > Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility > e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario > phone: (519) 661-3061 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >