Zachary Kline wrote: : Hiya, : I got to thinking this morning of a feature of Speakup which, I : admit, I've been sort of taking for granted lately. It's the : attribute reading key--speakup+keypad period. : What I'm wondering about is how, exactly, Speakup gets : information on the colors of the console, or of certain text therein? : This is an issue which seems on the whole to be fairly : complicated under a Windows system: I've yet to really find a screen : reader which will duplicate it. I'm wondering, then, how Speakup : does it? : Thanks much for indulging me, : Zack. : _______________________________________________ : Speakup mailing list : Speakup at braille.uwo.ca : http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup JFW has always done this, and I would guess that WE does too. I think Jaws for Dos did too. Glenn