As for the status of work on various software synths: I had done some work with cepstral, basically modifying the dtk-generic.conf and changing its name to cpstrl.conf. I like using the voice with speakup, but I have not so far been able to get rate to work correctly. Also, speech abruptly gets lost and I haven't figured out why, though really haven't had more time to work on it lately. I am pretty sure I did post what I had done on the list; would like to get back to it eventually but anybody else who wants to work on it certainly is welcome. In my own personal opinion (and these things always are a matter of opinion!) cepstral sounds the best with speakup of the softsynths, so I'm sorry about the sudden losses of speech. -- Cheryl "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."