Hi all, Deedra, speakup is a screen reader, *not* an editor. Linux is an operating system, *not* a word processor! Your question should be, what word processors work well with speakup and have the capability to cut and paste. Emacs with Emacspeak does this because it is an editor, not a green reader. Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons email: akp at eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT