IRC is text only. I have heard that there is something called Matrix that is supposed to allow audio as well as text, and I think there will be a client that can run from a shell if there isn't one already, but this is something that is still in development, and it's not IRC, which can't do any kind of voice chat as far as I know. Sent from a whistling kettle of boiling water _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup