You can, but if I were you, I’d go for All Star Link instead. Much more open, and less concerned about interconnecting with other things, i.e. IRLP doesn’t allow you to connect to anything else at the same time as you’re connected to IRLP nodes, unless you’ve got an “experimental” node, which may or may not allow yu to connect to other IRLP nodes. Cost to get started is similar, if not slightly less. 

http://www.allstarlink.org is where you’ll want to find out more. 
On Feb 2, 2014, at 11:14 AM, Albert Sanchez <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi List!
> I'm certain that this topic has been discussed in the past here but I =
> can't remember the thread. I'm interested in finding any totally blind =
> list members who run and maintain an IRlP system.  We don't have IRLP =
> here in this part of Carolina and I would like to remedy this.
> Best 73's
> Albert, WA7FXB
> PS. I understand that I would need a Linux computer, something I am not =
> familiar with. Is there screenreading software for Linux? A.S.