I am also seeing this problem. It cropped up fairly recently, I believe. I don't know a solution. I do note that spaces are announced, but not alphanumerics. Janina Alonzo cuellar writes: > Hello, > > I have my vimrc file the following. It doesn't read characters when I press > backspace. > Is there a setting to fix so speakup is able to do this? > Alonzo > > > set noruler > set sw=4 tw=75 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina at asterisk.rednote.net Email: janina at rednote.net Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf Indie UI http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/