I now have the following and still no speech. cd linux dosutils\loadlin linux speakup_synth=dtlk root=/dev/ram initrd=images-1.44/root.bin disksize=1.44 Angus MacKinnon Adaptive Computer Educator, ACE Web page: http://members.shaw.ca/dabneyadfm MAILTO:flodabay at hotmail.com Choroideremia Research Foundation Inc. http://www.choroideremia.org