HI Amro, I'm pleased to be able to report that everything is back to normal now. Thanks a million for all your help and suggestions! Best regards, Del ----- Original Message ----- From: Amro Bilal To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 11:15 AM Subject: [talks-uk] Re: How do I get Talks to speak words only when typing a text message? Hi Del, I am not sure then. Could it be that there's something wrong with Talks installation? The hotkey mentioned should definitely work. Hope someone comes up with an answer. Good luck. Amro Amro ----- Original Message ----- From: Bluesman02 To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 3:13 PM Subject: [talks-uk] Re: How do I get Talks to speak words only when typing a text message? HI Amro, I have done this on more than one occasion. but still I'm hearing letters and words. Del ----- Original Message ----- From: Amro Bilal To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 1:50 PM Subject: [talks-uk] Re: How do I get Talks to speak words only when typing a text message? 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 __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5787 (20110114) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5789 (20110115) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com