Using Orca with speech-dispatcher here at the moment. I only hear zed all the time. I even tried turning on my alphanumeric key echo and I still got zed. espeak z gives me zed. Are you using espeakup? Not sure about that, since I'm not currently using it here. Maybe someone else is experiencing it. It doesn't seem to be an eSpeak problem. HTH, Lorenzo -- Great Goddess Isis, Thou who art above the stars, Grant us peace and love. --Lorenzo Taylor