Has anyone tried doing this with Garageband, the free software bundled with Apple Macs? You can then output your clips in a variety of formats. http://www.macwarehouse.co.uk sell Mac Mini for £353 +vat, or 20" imac £579 +vat S -----Original Message----- From: Liz Scott-Tatum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 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?