i am using slackware 10.0 and as far as i know the latest version is ver 1.1 from 2003 i get the same error that you do but no one seems to know how to fix it i have contacted bookshare by phone and email many times before but they do not seem to be doing thing about it if you look on the archives to the speakup mailing list you will find a munth or 2 ago a post with loads of replys that i made back then sence then i have not had any luck in getting this fixed but i thaut you mite want to know that you are not alone in this error james dosman