ls /proc/speakup cat /proc/speakup/voice echo newvalue >/proc/speakup/voice If you're going to use linux use it. Zipspeak is a very poor cussin and doesn't even have all of linux and speakup features. -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061