I thought I'd put the question up again since I never heard any replies before. Is work currently underway already for connecting Speakup to the software DECtalk? if not, I would be interested in seeing what I could do. I now have emacspeak going with it and it seems pretty slick. I'm wondering how difficult it would be to port the emacspeak speech server to speakup middleware. If this is being done by someone else, it would be no point in my doing it again. If not, then what background info do I need to get this to happen? I don't quite understand how to work with that new softsynth device - c 10,26; I know that plays into things somehow. -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://ld.net/?holmesgrown