Steve, Yes, I like that voice too. My favorite mp3 player is madplay, but there are lots of others around. I think Cheryl was talking about encoders though, such as lame, available as a Debian package from a supplementary archive source. Chuck -- The Moon is Waning Gibbous (97% of Full) But you can get a few downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh
