Hi, Kirk! How long do you wait before you give on synth's initialization? For instance, it seems as though Speakup doesn't wait too long to receive a response from synth. I noticed that on some synths, it might be my problem as well, if the cable is damaged a bit, it may take longer for the synth to send a response string. What would you say? Regards, Vic PS BTW, neither DOS nor WIndow-eyes screen readers have no problems with that.