Hi again. The FT726 did not offer speech, but the FT736 did. Wouldn't mind having one of them, but you could not cross band repeat with. I sure wish the FT5100 that I have now had speech, but unfortunately Those were the only two rigs that Yaesu made that did. 73 and 88 whare appropriate: John -- John Jacques, Amateur Radio Station KG7FA, Apache Junction, Arizona E-voice Mailbox number, 6717912