Hi Cheryl. Actually, to tell you the truth, Freedombox is usable by the sighted community. I have a visually impaired friend here and when he came up to my apartment, he could actually see the pictures of cell phones that he was looking for. Since Mozilla in its native form isn't accessible yet (we're making good progress towards it, but the Gnopernicus people need to try and communicate better with the Mozila Accessibility Dev Team), this was my only option, and it works great. As for paying for Freedombox, I just payed the $25 up front. Now if it supported Festival, then arguably that fee would not be imposed, but that's another issue entirely. -- Erik Heil <eheil at va3duk.serveftp.com> Phone: (865) 673-0542