Cap_start and cap_stop can either be command strings to your synth to raise and lower the pitch say before and after a shifted character. You could also do something like "cap " for cap_start and it would say cap before each shifted character. In this case you would set cap_stop to "". We do pretty careful range checking so you should be safe. That isn't a challenge! 'grin' Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061