from time to time, I pluck a tidbit out of the ether and pass it on just for fun and enlightenment. This is one of those times. Enjoy! from: http://www.lawrence.edu/fac/koopmajo/modern.html "Speech and computer scientists have long since synthesized human speech sounds and computer-generated, synthesized singing was recorded in the Bell Telephone Laboratories as early as 1963. Advances in this field continue, and there is reason to expect remarkable future developments." from: http://gtalumni.org/StayInformed/magazine/spr97/smith.html "It's easier to achieve a natural quality in synthesized singing," [than in speech] http://music.mp3lizard.com/envargssyn/ http://www.wdirewolff.com/jkyoko.htm http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/~vickylu/thesis/ VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. To join or leave the list, send a message to [log in to unmask] In the body of the message, simply type "subscribe vicug-l" or "unsubscribe vicug-l" without the quotations. VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html