running windows on linux with speech?

[Lee Maschmeyer]

First of all, search engines will be happier if the spelling is right: c y g 
w i n.

You're probably better off using your Windows screenreader for Cygwin. 
Though their goal is to make Unix things compile and work correctly, reality 
is that the source frequently must be modified. For example, they have their 
own version of Screen since the standard version doesn't work even though 
the configure script mentions Cygwin.

So, get Cygwin working first and then worry about exotica like separate 
screenreaders.

Lee