Are the only distributions supported though's which are on the ftp site ftp.linux-speakup.org ? I think I understand where this man is coming from. H'es trying to find a distrobution which is easy to use for beginners and which offers as much technical support as possible. I know he's a distributor of a lot of distributions here so He's probably trying to make a sale. However, He definitly knows more than me about Linux so I'll keep in mind his suggestions. I'll ask one more time, is mandrake speakup enabled? I know emacspeak is there but speakup is easier to work with for me at the moment. Until I learn how to set up emacspeak and viavoice. Thanks Darragh