tedd asked: >I'm looking for just a simple set of spoken numbers 0-9 >-- anyone have a source? Wanna source? Here's some source. Ken '~'A ' Processor : cpuPPC ' Code Format : Carbon ' Runtime : Rntm Appearance.Incl ' Debugger : No ' CALL Req'd : No ' No Re-dim'd Vars : Yes ' dim'd Vars Only : Yes ' Debug Labels : Yes ' QB Labels : No ' Optimize STR# : Yes ' Ary Bounds Checking : Yes ' Show Warnings : Yes ' Register Vars : Yes ' Make Line Start Table : No '~'B /* Demo to produce simple sound files using System voices in OS X 10.x This demo generates numbers for 0 to 9 placed in an "Audio Numbers" folder on your Desktop Generated .aiff files can be converted to mp3's in iTunes I like the sound of Victoria Ken Shmidheiser Feb. 20, 2007 */ include "Tlbx SpeechSynthesis.Incl" begin globals dim dynamic gVoices(_maxInt) as str31 end globals begin enum 1 _mainWnd end enum begin enum 1 _voicePop _buildFolder _testVoice end enum local fn GetSystemVoiceInfo dim as OSErr err dim as VoiceSpec @ voice dim as VoiceDescription @ info dim as short @ voiceCount, i err = fn CountVoices ( voiceCount ) long if ( err == _noErr ) gVoices( 0 ) = str$( voiceCount ) for i= 1 to voiceCount err = fn GetIndVoice ( i, voice ) long if ( err == _noErr ) err = fn GetVoiceDescription( voice,¬ info, sizeof(info) ) gVoices(i) = info.name end if next i end if end fn = err local fn BuildPopMenu( id as long ) dim as long i dim as handle popH menu id, 0, _enable, "" for i = 1 to val( gVoices(0) ) menu id, i, _enable, gVoices(i) next i popH = fn GetMenuHandle(id) DeleteMenu(id) InsertMenu(popH,-1) end fn local fn BuildMainWindow dim as ControlFontStyleRec cfs dim as WindowAttributes wa dim as Rect r dim as short @ setVal cfs.flags = _kControlUseFontMask_kControlUseJustMask wa = _kWindowCloseBoxAttribute _kWindowCollapseBoxAttribute def NewWindowPositionMethod(_kWindowAlertPositionOnMainScreen) SetRect( r, 0, 0, 355, 98 ) appearance window -_mainWnd, "Audio Numerals",¬ @r, _kDocumentWindowClass, wa def NewWindowPositionMethod(0) def SetWindowBackground(_kThemeActiveDialogBackgroundBrush,¬ _zTrue ) SetRect(r, 20, 20, 245, 37) appearance button _voicePop, _activeBtn,, 101, -1,¬ "Select System Voice:",¬ @r, _kControlPopupButtonProc cfs.font = _kControlFontSmallSystemFont def SetButtonFontStyle(_voicePop, cfs) SetRect(r, 20, 57, 332, 78) appearance button _buildFolder, _activeBtn,,,,¬ "Build Audio Numbers on Desktop with Selected Voice",¬ @r, _kControlPushButtonProc def SetButtonFontStyle(_buildFolder, cfs) SetRect(r, 253, 20, 332, 37) appearance button _testVoice, _activeBtn, 0,,,¬ "Test voice...", @r, _kControlBevelButtonNormalBevelProc appearance window _mainWnd end fn local fn GetPopupMenuText$( whichPopup as long ) dim as long mItem dim as str31 menuStr dim as MenuRef popH mItem = button( whichPopup ) popH = button( whichPopup, _FBgetControlMenuHandle ) GetMenuItemText( popH, mItem, menuStr ) end fn = menuStr local fn UnixCommand( cmd as str255 ) dim as str255 s open "Unix", 2, cmd do : line input #2, s until eof (2) : close 2 end fn local fn TestVoice dim as str255 cmd cmd = "" cmd = "say -v " cmd += fn GetPopupMenuText$(_voicePop) cmd += " one, two, three, four, five" fn UnixCommand( cmd ) end fn local fn BuildNumberFile dim as long i dim as str255 cmd, dir dim as str31 numArr(9) numArr(0) = "zero" : numArr(1) = "one" numArr(2) = "two" : numArr(3) = "three" numArr(4) = "four" : numArr(5) = "five" numArr(6) = "six" : numArr(7) = "seven" numArr(8) = "eight" : numArr(9) = "nine" dir = " ~/Desktop/Audio\ Numbers/" cmd = "mkdir" + dir fn UnixCommand( cmd ) for i = 0 to 9 cmd = "say -v " cmd += fn GetPopupMenuText$(_voicePop) cmd += " -o" + dir + numArr(i) + ".aiff " cmd += numArr(i) fn UnixCommand( cmd ) next i end fn local fn DoDialog dim as Rect r dim as long ev, id ev = dialog(0) id = dialog(ev) select ev case _wndClick : window id case _wndClose : end case _btnClick select window(_outputWnd) case _mainWnd select id case _buildFolder : fn BuildNumberFile case _testVoice : fn TestVoice end select end select end select end fn on dialog fn DoDialog long if ( system(_sysVers) < 1000 ) stop "Demo requires OS X 10.0 or greater" end end if fn GetSystemVoiceInfo fn BuildPopMenu(101) fn BuildMainWindow do HandleEvents until gFBQuit