Thomas, Try running emacspeak with eflite. Then you can emacs in one console and speakup in another at the same time. Emacspeak also supports fonix, a software dectalk express (available for $50). End result is that speakup never vanishes to the point of being able to use the com port for something else. Chris -- The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (61% of Full)
