Hi all, Turn off speakup in buffer where you're running emacspeak! You're asking your poor puter to talk in doubletalk, no wonder it's upset, the poor little thing! Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons email: akp at eznet.net WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT