Thanks for helping us add this important little tidbit to the HOWTO_INSTALL doc. The answer is Insert+Enter on the numeric keypad. This is a toggle which turns automatic speaking of new screen content on and off. You can still read the screen with other speakup commands when automatic reading is off. On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Jared wrote: > stopping speakup from reading off 1000 packige installs > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org