Hi all, Jed, I'll try to answer your questions in a general way, then others will have to take over. I'm not a techie. >>>>> "Jed" == Jed Barton <jedbarton at email.com> writes: Jed> Hey guys. OK, i need some info. I am Jed> brand new to the linux world and i'm ready to get started. I Jed> am involved with amateur radio and we have a program that we Jed> use to link repeaters together called IRLP. It uses red hat Jed> linux version 6.2. Does this speakup program run under that Jed> version of linux? Yes, it does, works under 7.whatever too. Jed> I also have a speak-out synthesizer. Will Jed> that work? Not sure. Check on linux-speakup.org to find out which synthesizers are supported. Jed> How is the program with editing files such as Jed> script files? How about using programs like pine and lynx? Since speakup is a screen reader, unlike emacspeak, it will work when editing scripts. You can use any of the usual Linux editors like emacs or VI. the cursoring may not be the best, but it works well and is under constant improvement! Works great with Pine and Lynx. Jed> Any information would be appreciated. You'll get lots of info Jed, no problem. Bill, Buddy, you guys listening? 73.s, Ann P. n2gsx -- 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