Hi, Tylor, Is the Canadian dollar really worth only half as much as the U.S. dollor now? Since I know someone who just paid--what is it?--$1000 for JAWS $50 doesn't sound like a lot. Having just spend several hours at the library using the Kurzweil reader I have to say that I like the older Dectalk voices and would love to have access to good Spanish speech. I would also enjoy the luxury of being able to listen to books read by a female voice. But it certainly isn't a necessity. And when I have sufficient living room to have a scanner at my side I expect I'll be using OCRshop for linux. Pat Logan