I just downloaded espeak 1.18 and copied portaudio19.h to portaudio.h to build espeak with compatibility with portaudio V19. I already built portaudio as a Slackware package and installed it. Now, when I do a 'make', I get the error that visibility=hidden is not a recognized option. Is this now obsolete or something? I looked it up in the GCC manual but it appears there to be used inside headers or something. I just took it out of the Makefile and it seems to compile fine. I haven't tested it yet because I'm not home right now. I did this all over an ssh link from work:). Oh, I'm using gcc 3.3.6 right now; anybody know anything about this? -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://holmesgrown.ld.net/