Ok in answer to my question of about a week ago asking if it would be safe to downgrade a Dectalk Express. I asked this on the Jfwlite list and somebody responded that it was safe and she'd done it herself. She was right! Summary If you have a Dectalk Express from Force or probably Fonix, E.G. one that says "Dectalk Express is running for American English" when you turn it on and you don't like the speech, it is safe to downgrade the firmware to version 4.2CD of the firmware from Digital. This file may be obtained from gwmicro.com among other places probably. If there's enough demand I could put the file up on my website. Disclaimer Although I have done this and did not run into any problems, I shall not be held responsible for any damages of any kind caused by anybody trying this, even if I have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Any and all other disclaimers you may have seen from time to time also apply to this message and the advice given herein. Jayson. --- the DECtalk list. To unsubscribe, send a blank message to: dectalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and type unsubscribe in the subject field. Moderators email: shwatscoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx this list's homePage, and the unoficial DECtalk page is at, //www.freelists.org/webpage/dectalk