Hi Chris: that is a common complaint. The softsynth device needs to be open in non-blocking mode which tail and cat and more etc. do not do. You can play with tuxtalk or get the experimental speechd-up module for speech dispatcher and use flite or festival. Heavy emphasis on experimental. Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061
