That's about right. YOu open the /dev/softsynth device in nonblocking mode and pass the output to your software synth. You will have to do translation of the doubletalk style synth control strings into the strings needed for whatever synth you are going to talk to. Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061