>Hi Tony, Thanks for letting me know about MPlayer. Regarding starting Orca, I had a heck of a time trying to get it going when I waited too long at the boot prompt (last night was the first time I ran Ubuntu on my own). When I pressed Alt+F2, then typed Orca, it said to choose a language, followed by a list of various languages the thing could speak. I tried pressing 1 for default, then enter, but that didn't work. In the end, I impropperly shut down the computer (not a good thing to do, I know), and was able to get the system started again using the method you described. Thanks. Yours Sincerely, Kelly John Sapergia Personal Website: http://www.ksapergia.net Need to relax and unwind? Listen to "Northern Lights", Thursdays from 01:00 to 03:00 GMT (Wednesdays in North America) on ACB (American Council of the Blind) Radio Interactive at http://interactive.acbradio.org Visit the show's website at http://nl.ksapergia.net If you need jingles, voiceovers and music for your project at an affordable price, visit KJS Productions at: http://www.kjsproductions.com