Hi Dietmar: If you are using speakup 1.0 there is a generic.map and read me on the www.linux-speakup.org site you can use. You would first load the German keymap and then load the speakup-generic.map afterwords. Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061