I got the databases to work. There was a typo (I assume) in the es1.txt so that I wasn't typing the path to the database. when i looked at the french example on the site I finally spotted the problem. So now i get to try to use it with a TTS program. Cheryl _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list