Hello, if you use alsa then all application which have play must use native alsa or an emulation. For example in Debian you can use alsa-oss package and then command: aoss SOMEPLAYPROGRAMM. p.s. Can you please send me more information about the Spam problem with your email and our speechd mailing list? Thanks. -- Jan Buchal Tel: (00420) 24 24 86 008 Mob: (00420) 608023021