there's a link on the nextup sight to a european reseller for AT&T natural voices: http://www.shareit.com/product.html?productid=183961&sessionid=400406444&random=76befb0d2bee766785609c333c8b9cbc This is their description of the speech engine which comes with mike and crystal: The worlds most advanced Text To Speech engine. The 16khz Professional Version adds natural sounding computer speech to NextUp.com products and other sapi4/sapi5 compliant speech products. Seems to imply you don't need a nextup product, David Bailes. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq