The only difference between the standard speak freely and our modified version is we have added some extra features which make it nice for communicating on a reflector. If you can hear your girl friend but she cannot hear you then it sounds like a firewall problem most likely. You must direct ports 2074-2076 and 4074-4076 through the firewall to the machine you are running speak freely on. Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061