I've looked on the speakup and slackware sites and searched google, but don't see anything about a new version of zipspeak. Is there going to be one or is speakup incorporated into zipslack-8 or has it been dropped? I'm considering putting it on my DOS hard drive as a backup in case of a major catastrophe with my linux system or my linux hard drive. Suppose I could just use the old zipspeak but don't want to set that up if another is coming soon. Cheryl