Hi Carlos, welcome to the list. You will have to tell us what distro you are running and whether it is a speakup enabled distro/kernel you are using. If it is then most likely at the boot prompt you would type something like: linux speakup_dtlk Good luck. -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061