Hi all, Well now, Brian. First of all, try c-e dr for rate and choose 1-9 as your range of options. Second, if you type c-h e you will get a list of emacspeak key bindings for various commands. Third typing c-h t will plunk you into a tutorial for emacs. that's how you learn emacspeak, learn emacs. Finally, Try c-h i. If you have this configured properly, it should plunk you into the info files for everything you need. I don't know what things may be different when using software speech, but try things, see what works. As for accompanying programs. Try w3 for your browser and vm for your mailer. Both have been speech enabled for Emacs. that should get you started. 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