reading text ccontinuously

[Arthur Pirika]

hi, I've got a fairly fresh install of archLinux, which I got gnome working, 
but it seems to freeze every so often, not sure how to get around that one. 
However, I can basically do everything from the console, except for two 
things.

1. Is it possible to read a document continuously? Say a manual page, or a 
document in emacs, or vi, whatever. Instead of reading screen by screen, is 
there a way of moving the review cursor as speakup reads? If not, is there 
another way of having a hole file read?

2, is there a way to access skype from the console? If preferable, I'd like 
to stay in the console, so, if anyone has suggestions, I'd apreciate them.

thanks,
Arthur.