Hi, On Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 01:45:08PM -0400, Robert Spangler wrote: > So you load the CD, hear the beep, tab and do speakup.synth=ltlk and hit > enter? I get nothing. Do I need to wait a while? I do hear the beep. Yes, exactly. After hearing the beep, pressing tab, typing that parameter and pressing enter, it took only about 15 or 20 seconds to begin chattering away. The first question it asks is to select a language, but at that point I did a hard reset instead of letting it proceed. Chuck -- The Moon is New My web site: http://hallenbeck.ftml.net and my cell phone: 1-518-334-9022. -------- It is impossible for an optimist to be pleasantly surprised.