diff --git a/accessibility.c b/accessibility.c
index ef26fbc..c84aea4 100644
--- a/accessibility.c
+++ b/accessibility.c
@@ -901,7 +901,8 @@ SayMachineMove(int evenIfDuplicate)
 	    } else {
 		/* starts not with digit */
 		if(StrCaseStr(lastMsg, "illegal")) PlayIcsUnfinishedSound();
-		set_accessible_description(lastMsg, TRUE);
+		SayMoveDetailed(currentMove-1);
+		//set_accessible_description(lastMsg, TRUE);
 	    }
 }
 
diff --git a/args.h b/args.h
index bd5b4e7..1aad301 100644
--- a/args.h
+++ b/args.h
@@ -314,6 +314,8 @@ ArgDescriptor argDescriptors[] = {
   { "xcoords", ArgFalse, (void *) &appData.showCoords, FALSE, INVALID },
   { "-coords", ArgFalse, (void *) &appData.showCoords, FALSE, INVALID },
   { "showThinking", ArgBoolean, (void *) &appData.showThinking, TRUE, (ArgIniType) FALSE },
+  { "showAccessibilityStatusbar", ArgBoolean, (void *) &appData.showAccessibilityStatusbar, TRUE, (ArgIniType) FALSE },
+  { "AnnounceMove", ArgBoolean, (void *) &appData.announceMove, TRUE, (ArgIniType) FALSE }, //text to speech
   { "thinking", ArgTrue, (void *) &appData.showThinking, FALSE, INVALID },
   { "xthinking", ArgFalse, (void *) &appData.showThinking, FALSE, INVALID },
   { "-thinking", ArgFalse, (void *) &appData.showThinking, FALSE, INVALID },
diff --git a/common.h b/common.h
index ff2b34c..1084ffa 100644
--- a/common.h
+++ b/common.h
@@ -552,6 +552,8 @@ typedef struct {
     Boolean oneClick;
     Boolean quietPlay;
     Boolean showThinking;
+    Boolean showAccessibilityStatusbar;
+    Boolean announceMove; //text to speech
     Boolean ponderNextMove;
     Boolean periodicUpdates;
     Boolean autoObserve;
diff --git a/dialogs.c b/dialogs.c
index d2e36ba..bdfd5bf 100644
--- a/dialogs.c
+++ b/dialogs.c
@@ -3085,5 +3085,24 @@ void set_accessible_description(char *mess, int flag)
 	}
 		
 	notify_accessible_description(&mainOptions[W_ACC_TITLE],buf);
+	
+	
+	char tts_buf[8000];
+	if(appData.announceMove)
+	{
+		system("pkill paplay");
+		//sprintf(tts_buf,"pico2wave -l en-GB -w info.wav '%s' && paplay info.wav &",val);
+		sprintf(tts_buf,"espeak '%s' --stdout | paplay &",buf);
+		system(tts_buf);
+	}
+	
 	buf[0] = NULLCHAR;	
 }
+
+
+void
+ShowAccessibilityStatusbarEvent ()
+{
+	printf("\nAccessibilityStatusbar = %d", appData.showAccessibilityStatusbar);
+	show_hide_accessibility_status_bar(&mainOptions[W_ACC_TITLE],appData.showAccessibilityStatusbar);
+}
diff --git a/gtk/xoptions.c b/gtk/xoptions.c
index 51b9781..f563ff4 100644
--- a/gtk/xoptions.c
+++ b/gtk/xoptions.c
@@ -982,6 +982,17 @@ void notify_accessible_description(Option *opt, char *val)
 	//system(buf);
 }
 
+void 
+show_hide_accessibility_status_bar(Option *opt,int val)
+{	
+	if (val){
+		gtk_widget_show(GTK_WIDGET(opt->handle));
+	}
+	else{
+		gtk_widget_hide(GTK_WIDGET(opt->handle));
+	}
+}
+
 void GenericCallback(GtkWidget *widget, gpointer gdata)
 {
     const gchar *name;
diff --git a/menus.c b/menus.c
index 1439873..71df285 100644
--- a/menus.c
+++ b/menus.c
@@ -401,6 +401,22 @@ NothingProc ()
 #   define MARK_MENU_ITEM(X,Y) MarkMenuItem(X, Y)
 #endif
 
+
+void
+ShowAccessibilityStatusbarProc ()
+{
+  appData.showAccessibilityStatusbar = !appData.showAccessibilityStatusbar;
+  ShowAccessibilityStatusbarEvent();
+  MARK_MENU_ITEM("Accessibility.ShowAccessibilityStatusbar", appData.showAccessibilityStatusbar);
+}
+
+void
+AnnounceMoveProc ()
+{
+  appData.announceMove = !appData.announceMove;
+  MARK_MENU_ITEM("Options.AnnounceMove", appData.announceMove);
+}
+
 void
 PonderNextMoveProc ()
 {
@@ -752,12 +768,15 @@ MenuItem optionsMenu[] = {
   {N_("Test Legality"),          "<Ctrl><Shift>l",  "TestLegality",        TestLegalityProc},
   {"----",                        NULL,              NULL,                 NothingProc},
 #endif
+  {N_("Announce Move"),       	  NULL,             "AnnounceMove",        AnnounceMoveProc,        CHECK },
   {N_("Save Settings Now"),       NULL,             "SaveSettingsNow",     SaveSettingsProc},
   {N_("Save Settings on Exit"),   NULL,             "SaveSettingsonExit",  SaveOnExitProc,         CHECK },
   {NULL,                          NULL,              NULL,                 NULL}
 };
 
 MenuItem accessibilityMenu[] = {
+  {N_("Show Status Bar"),	 NULL,   "ShowAccessibilityStatusbar", ShowAccessibilityStatusbarProc,			CHECK},
+  {"----",                   NULL,       NULL,                    NothingProc},	
   {N_("SayClockTime"),		 "<Alt>t",   "SayClockTime",          SayClockTime},
   {"----",                   NULL,       NULL,                    NothingProc},
   {N_("SayWhosTurn"),		 "<Alt><Shift>m",   "SayWhosTurn",    SayWhosTurn},
@@ -1341,6 +1360,15 @@ InitMenuMarkers()
     if (saveSettingsOnExit) {
 	MarkMenuItem("Options.SaveSettingsonExit", True);
     }
+    
+    if (appData.announceMove) {
+	MarkMenuItem("Options.AnnounceMove", True);
+	}
+	
+    if (appData.showAccessibilityStatusbar) {
+	MarkMenuItem("Accessibility.ShowAccessibilityStatusbar", True);
+	}
+    ShowAccessibilityStatusbarEvent();
     EnableNamedMenuItem("File.SaveSelected", False);
 
     // all XBoard builds get here, but not WinBoard...