A.T.R. not working in <textarea> box

Not sure if this is a bug or my pethetic coding sills. I created a simple HTML page with a text box for the sole purpose of pasting text to be read by A.T.R. But the selected text is ignored by the read and I don't know why. Here is the relevant code:


<CENTER>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Enter your text below
</P>
<textarea rows="58" cols="120">

</textarea>
</CENTER> 


Any suggestions?

briansdad1@myfairpoint.net