Andy asked:

> The Alex voice in Leopard is really good.
>
> Does anyone know what are the controls to ensure a particular voice  
> and
> speed are used in Text to Speech?



Andy,

Do you want to control the voice and speed programmatically using  
toolbox functions, or do you simply want to know how to set them via  
the System Pref Pane? For the latter go to:

Apple Menu -> System Preferences -> Speech (Text to Speech tab)

Ken