Hi people, I solved the problem by: rm -rf /usr/local/etc rm -f /usr/local/bin/speech-dispatcher rm -rf /usr/local/lib/speech-dispatcher then building first speech-dispatcher 0.6, then the latest CVS snapshot (to give me espeak support). Now it seems to work, although I'm using SSH so can't say for sure. Thanks for all the help. Cheers, Chris Norman <!-- cnorman at rnibncw.ac.uk -->