I think this would be news if they had updated the version they're offering, but they haven't updated linux since March. Regretably, it seems as though IBM's commitment to linux does not extend to ViaVoice, given the extent of offerings of ViaVoice for Windows products, and the paucity of offerings for linux. On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 rmann at rmisp.net wrote: > > Hi. I thought that some of you may be interested to know that the IBM VIA > Voice speech engine can now be freely downloaded for Linux at the URL > http://www.software.ibm.com/speech/dev. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org