Hi all, Well, Amy, as a mere user, I wouldn't suggest setting up anything for Gnome or anything graphical. There are significant problems with access to Gnome and they shouldn't be brought into the mix if you're just wanting access for average users. My suggestion would be to set up the computer with Speakup and perhaps with Emacspeak. Speakup works extremely well in Emacs, so perhaps you don't even need Emacspeak, but that's what I'd do. As for techhie details about setting things up, don't ask me, I'm just a user. Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons email: akp at eznet.net WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT