Hi Greg: Thank you for your well reasoned thoughts. I did not say I wouldn't support or write a driver for Via Voice. What I have said is that it is not on my priority list. Its proprietary nature is certainly a good reason not to support it in my opinion though. My problem with Via Voice or festival for that matter is their size. Once I have modules working and have implemented Tuxtalk and the Dectalk pc drivers, I would be willing to consider a package such as Via Voice. I am not sure just how large of module can be loaded into the kernel, maybe it doesn't matter at all, I simply don't know currently. Until I have some of the other things on my plate completed though, I'm not even willing to consider it in a serious way. I would rather help by improving Tuxtalk until it is a satisfactory substitute. Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061
