An easier way than changing your links (well, I guess "easier' might be a matter of opinion) is to compile speechd-up like this: aclocal-1.7 && autoconf2.50 && autoheader2.50 && automake-1.7 -a && autoake-1.7 ./configure make make install and flite1-dev is needed also. Thank you; it is installed; now all I have to do is the speakup part. -- Cheryl "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."