Orca uses espeak as it's default synthesizer. You can probably make it use other software synthesizers, but I know of no way to make it use a heardware synthesizer. For more info on selecting other synthesizers, see the orca manual in the online gnome-help facility. Gene Collins _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup