Garrett,

Thanks, that worked!

But from the Advisor tip, it sounded like this API was available on some MS operating systems. I got it to work by downloading and installing the TTS SDK and using the syntax you supplied.

Thanks again,

Jerry



>>I then download the TTS SDK51 from the MS site and installed it. The o=CreateObject("Speech.VoiceText") still didn't work, but the demos that came with the SDK did work.
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>>How do I use the MS TTS engine in VFP?
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voice = CREATEOBJECT("Sapi.SpVoice")
>voice.Speak("This is a test")

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>Check out the DHTML sample that ships with the SDK: it's quicker to read than the VB samples, and doesn't require VB to be installed.