I have also seen this. When this happens I am oftimes not focused where I think I'm focused. I'm off a char or two, in other words. Not sure this is a Speakup bug. It may be associated with using utf. John Heim writes: > Occasionally I have a problem with speakup, it seems to re-read a screen > that was previously displayed rather than what is currently on the screen. I > don't really know of anything in particular that causes it. But, for > example, I might do a ifconfig and then a clear, and it will keep reading > the ifconfig info as if it's still on the screen. > > I've noticed this behaviour in many versions of the kernel. I know at least > that it's happened with kernels i've compiled myself from 2.6.12 through > 2.6.18. I can't say for sure that it's happened on machines running a kernel > downloaded from Shane's space on the debian server. > > Anyway, I am mostly interested in knowing if there's a way to get speakup to > "refresh" itself or whatever. > > > -- > John Heim > jheim at math.wisc.edu > 3-4189 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.595.7777 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada--Go to http://ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org