Thanks to all who ressponded to my question about voice recognition software. These were recommended: "ViaVoice" by IBM. Dragon Naturally Speaking Professional L & H Voice Xpress Many added the comment that it takes a great deal of time and patience to program any of these to work correctly. Also that background noise can affect it's accuracy. I'm wondering now how useful this would be at work if you share an office with others and where there are often conversations aand other background noise going on? Linda ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn