Hi Martin, We can at least equal the quality of that, with Acapela speech. Rachel is superb and you can have it with JAWS or Window-Eyes or any screen reader you like. You can even have it with K1000. Go to http://www.acapela-group.com <http://www.acapela-group.com/> , or let us know if you want a demo DVD. All the best Steve _____ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of M BROWN Sent: Monday 9 March 2009 12:00 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] human sounding speech on apple Thought this might be of interest to some of you. It is the Apple voiceover which now comes built into their computers. You will find links on this site that will enable you to listen to samples of, what I think, is very human sounding synthetic speech. And, like a human, it even breathes. Try to beat this for quality if you can at Freedom Scientific, Window eyes and System Access. http://www.apple.com/accessibility/voiceover/