£10 Software to get a PC to speak the time at whatever interval you choose: http://www.uk-software.com/speakingclock.htm Free software to get PC to speak time when you click http://flashkit.com/movies/Utilities/Time/The_Talk-Ido_Zuck-4365/index.php A free website with clock. http://www.speaking-clock.com/information.htm?country=526&cpt=1&en=1 Speaks time if you clap your hands: http://www.smarthome.com/9504.html List of talking clocks--button operated http://www.independentliving.com/products.asp?dept=118&deptname=Talking%20Cl ocks She could phone the speaking clock... phone 123 in the UK. Calls cost 10p per minute. Stephen GB Kirker MD FRCPI Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine Disablement Services Centre (Box 120) & Lewin Stroke and Rehabilitation Unit (Box 34) Addenbrookes Hospital NHS Trust Cambridge CB2 2QQ 01223 217870 fax 01223 242038