Hi all, No, you did not understand the message correctly. You can not use software synthesizers with speakup. Teddy has it for emacspeak. Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons email: akp at eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT