The whole thing is that a synth could be built on a single chip fitting into the modular plug that is typically found on a USB cable. Or, it could be placed in small box along with volume controls. The catch would be to forego the power (and space) hungry speaker. The PCMCIA synth sounds like a great idea also. In fact, my mind jumps to enabling said device (and drivers) such that speech is started when it is inserted. Then you can later shut down the speech output and remove the device. Both of these technologies support hot swap. I don't have much experiance with them in Linux, but in Windows a program can be launched on insert. I would think Linux could support such as well. If the technology was there, preasure could be exerted to make the server room accessible to the blind. ======= Kirk Wood Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net Nothing is hard if you know the answer or are used to doing it.
