Sorry for the off topic post, if anyone can respond off-list to me that would be very helpful. I searched the faq on the ubuntu linux site and although it does talk about accessibility a small amount, I didn't find any helpful documentation about getting the install cd to do an install with speech. It appears to be debian-like and I thought of using the debian boot disks to do the install, but don't know what results that would produce. I got the install and the live iso's but haven't burned them yet. Thanks much... Cheereo!