Hi, Most definitely 1.0 as I believe that the maturity level of the package together with clear and concise documentation is beyond what normally one expects from a 1.0 release. In my experience, almost all windows based screen readers at the stage of release 1.0 were basically unworkable, that is frequently, the system would halt and would require hard reset. I have only recently started with Linux and had to come over many difficulties. However, speakup is definitely one of the very few packages which was hassle free. I would like to thank Kirk and others for their dedication on this project and providing the blind world with a "free to use" screen reading application for the Linux platform, which is in many ways far superior to the commercial crap on other platforms. Mo. -----Original Message----- From: Kirk Reiser [mailto:kirk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 27 September 2001 01:18 To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: trouble with CVS and a request for votes Hi Adam: I'll try to answer your questions from both posts here.