I agree which is why I suggest that the fast track build on something other than msaa if they can. There are some telling remarks in the article and for lots of reasons, I hope vxml wins out. It is a good standard being that it is cross platform and open. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Crawford" <ccrawford@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 12:00 PM Subject: Re: Speech vendors shout for standards.html Dave, I read through the article and must admit that I really don't understand it beyond it appearing to be a fight between IBM and all against Microsoft on speech i/o? Am I right. What ticks me off about the companies who wine all the time about Microsoft is that they talk and talk and don't seem ever to have a product. This is a serious problem. If they are going to compete then damn it; compete! -- charlie. _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup