Hynek and all, The underscore is gone! My older version used a dash '-' in the package name, but an underscore "_" in the name of the executable. Once I replaced the underscore with a dash in my "speakwith" script, everything is copesthetic. Thanks again, Chuck -- The Moon is Waning Crescent (5% of Full) But you can still get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh