Hi Folks: Thanks to Garry Turkington speakup should once again compile on 64 bit processors. Maybe I should say in addition to alphas. I have checked in the fix and updated speakup to patch correctly on the 2.6.8 and up kernels. Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061