Chevelle! I don't know what DEC-Talk is more responsive but I do know that the guys who developed the DEC-Talk USB are both blind and at least one of them has used every DEC-Talk ever made and that a lot of effort went into the DEC-Talk USB project with respect to responsiveness and quality of speech. The DEC-Talk USB speech is the closest thing to version 4.2 speech, except of course for 4.2. Unfortunately the 4.2 specs have been lost but between Access Solutions and Phonix many people feel that the DEC-Talk USB speech is faithful to 4.2. A good thing about the DEC-Talk USB is that the speech can be updated as corrections are made to the speech. Shipping anywhere in the United States is included in the $650.00 price. Chirp|Chirp|Chirp: It's the Bat, Chirping Bat .Com -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx