I am curious to see what kind of response I'll get to this practice: I like using a 10-band audio equalizer on my sound and speech cards. I find that it makes synthetic speech that much more tolerable or enjoyable.... otherwise its either too bassy or some other quality is just lacking... I can adjust the audio frequencies to my liking when reading a full length book and actually manage to get through all of it. So I am simply curious if anyone else has tried that? I have also come to the conclusion that DoubleTalk does not have enough of a Speed adjustment. It is either too darn fast, or very slow to my ears. Has anyone the opinion that the speed of the CPU is somehow influencing the talking speed of the DoubleTalk? Faster PC's should be be to spoon-feed the text much quicker than a 486/DX2/66, for example... Perhaps the T timer buffer thingy is a factor? I just can't seem to get a speed I thoroughly enjoy yet. Otherwise, not up to too much else here. Hope everyone has a very joyous December! //Rich// ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a quick answer? Get one in minutes from people who know. Ask your question on www.Answers.yahoo.com