Well, I for one, love hardware speech for previous reasons mentioned. The only good thing I can say for software speech is portability. A laptop would be much easier to use and carry around if you don't have to lug a synth box around and hook up. Up to the present, you cannot use software speech to review boot message if your kernel panics or when doing a brand new install from off-the-shelf distro CD's. It was mentioned recently that serial ports are going away except for high end modles and I think that is also criminal if not abominal! I think the only USB synth out there is the tripple talk and I don't think the specs are publicly available yet for development of a synth driver for Speakup. God Damn those non disclosure agreements anyhow! -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://ld.net/?holmesgrown
