Hi Liz, One of my clients has recently been asking the same questions. Have you looked at the following sites to create synthesized speech? http://www.asel.udel.edu/speech/clinicians.html http://www.modeltalker.com/ We haven't tried it, but would be interested to hear from anyone who has. Best wishes, Tracy Tracy Phillips Speech and Language Therapist in AAC Specialist Disability Service Oxford Centre for Enablement Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Windmill Road Headington Oxford OX3 7LD Tel: 01865 737445 E-mail: [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: A discussion list for Assistive Technology professionals. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Liz Scott-Tatum Sent: 07 July 2008 15:44 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Voice sampling enquiry We have recently beed approached by a person with a degenerative condition who wants to do some voice banking, before their speech deteriorates further. We would really appreciate any advice the group can offer regarding how we could go about this, any specific software which can be used, what quality the sounds are, and how easy it is to use the samples on different voice output communcaition aids. Finally is it possible to take sufficient voice samples to create their own synthesised voice - if so what would be needed to achieve this?