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Hiya,
    I got to thinking this morning of a feature of Speakup which, I =
admit, I've been sort of taking for granted lately.  It's the attribute =
reading key--speakup+keypad period.
    What I'm wondering about is how, exactly, Speakup gets information =
on the colors of the console, or of certain text therein?
    This is an issue which seems on the whole to be fairly complicated =
under a Windows system: I've yet to really find a screen reader which =
will duplicate it.  I'm wondering, then, how Speakup does it?
Thanks much for indulging me,
Zack.