Okay, so the Pogo Linux people will install Speakup for me. *yay* They don't need my Decktalk to do this right if mine is an external and if they have the correct synthesizer code So my next question is, is the Decktalk Epress only the internal one? My is an external, but the tape about it says Decktalk Express and the express and the external have different code right? They will need to define the ports and then pick one to be the Decktalk's, corrrect? And they will need todo the speaku_synth=(synth code) right, and the two synth codes I've seen that might be the ones are dectlk and decext but I'm not sure which I use. Um, have I got everything here? I just need to know the right code and I think I understand what to tell them? But I may have missed something, my brain is quite disorganized at the moment. Uh, I know a couple people have said that if the Pogo Linux technitians have questions, they can feel free to ask. If any of you read this and answer and wouldn't mind me passing along your e-mail addresses, I would apprecaite that too. And I really hope this made some sort of sense. It is not at all in order. Anna