Ok, I simplified it a lot for my purposes. I can go glance at the display if I'm using braille or go to that console with speakup or if I'm not using the computer just keep speakup quiet until I want to hear. Of course if I want to listen to it count I can do that too but if I have something cooking in the oven = an hour or more, I don't think I'll do that. I c play whatever I want at the end; thought I'd use 8beep" for now; have to have that package of course. thanks so much, Chuck!!! -- Cheryl "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." -------------- next part -------------- #!/bin/bash if [ "$1" != "" ] && [ "$1" != "0" ]; then x=$1 until [ "$x" = "0" ]; do clear echo -n " $x" sleep 1 x=$((x-1)) done clear echo " $1 seconds completed!!!" beep -f 700 -r 3 -l 2000 fi
