Good day folks, Here is a status update. The original speech-dispatcher test application ran fine with Flite, but no speech was heard when I set SPD to use the Dectalk synthesizer. I've tried both 4.61 and 5.0, and no speech. Are the two dtk-generic.conf files I have used meant to work with 4.61 or 5.0? Since they both seem to use the say program, would it make any difference? Stephen Clower, that guy from the south. You can reach me by any of the following: E-Mail: steve at steve-audio.net MSN: steve at steve-audio.net AIM: AudioRabbit03 You can also check out my little home on the web by visiting http://www.steve-audio.net