Hi Ana,
 You wrote:

> Is there a way to find out what my computer specs are (e.g., memory, 
> processor speed) from the computer itself?

Certainly.  Hold down your Windows key and press the Pause/Break key, which, 
on a standard QWERTY keyboard, is the rightmost key in that group of three 
keys just above the six-pack.  That opens up the System applet in Control 
Panel.

The System applet is a multi-page dialog that covers just about anything 
you'd want to check out, but, for your purposes, you can look around the 
General tab and find everything you want, including the processor type, it's 
speed and available RAM.  Note that you won't be able to tab around this 
screen to hear this information; just use your screen reader's command to 
read the entire window, or, use your mouse cursor to do a screen review. 
Either method will get you what you need.

Hope this helps.

Tom


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