Hi, press Talks key plus number 1 to change Talks key echo. You can choose letters, words, letters and words or none. HTH, Amro ----- Original Message ----- From: Bluesman02 To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 1:21 PM Subject: [talks-uk] How do I get Talks to speak words only when typing a text message? HI all, Further to my previous post, all of my Talks issues have almost been resolved. except for the following. No matter what I do, I cannot get Talks to announce words only when in a text field. I have tried all options available to me. but still I am hearing letters and words. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance. Del __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5786 (20110114) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com