Does this mean the synth driver would need to be run as a daemon, continually polling from /dev/softsynth? If so, hence the meaning of "speech server". I'll have to look at the fopen or open function documentation to see how to open in non-block mode. Conceptually, it sounds pretty easy. But I could probably get fooled by that notion <heheheh>. On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 01:05:50PM -0500, Kirk Reiser wrote: > 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 > -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://ld.net/?holmesgrown