Steve, To clarify more: On my system these errors occur independent of what synth I use, i.e. soft or ltlk, in my case. Two of the files that cause these errors have 0 length after speakupconf creates them, and also in the source from which they were copied. They are lang, and silent. Chuck -- The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (78% of Full) My web site: www.hallenbeck.ftml.net See also: www.wedit2.ml1.net -------- Please help keep the world clean: others may wish to use it.