For the record I am pleased to report that I have Speakup working like the champ it is on a DEC Alpha Station 200 (Avanti). There is no video in this machine, so Linux is using the dummy video driver. I am running Speakup through an internal Doubletalk card. The kernel is 2.4.20, released yesterday. Kirk and others on this list will recall that this is a very old project of mine. It's delightful to have success at last, lo these many years later. The theory was always correct, as it transpires, if the execution was circumlocutious. Thanks to Kirk, and more recently Frank and Bill for all the help getting this non-Intel platform working. -- 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