On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 12:57:02AM -0400, Robert L Cochran wrote: > > Can Red Hat Linux provide that 'something extra'? How can I get a bash > shell to work for him -- is there any software that can convert standard > input to speech? There's festival, an open-source speech synthesis system. I remeber installing it on my RHL 6.2 and having a little fun with it. http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/ Emmanuel