Thanks, Mike! I think it is exactly the problem. I am using the cheapo onboard ac97 sound, and it does mention the "I can only do 48kHz in stereo" message. >>> hick0088 at tc.umn.edu 04/14/03 06:21PM >>> On Mon, 2003-04-14 at 17:45, Troy.A Johnson wrote: > I get output from 'festival' (text to speech program) > that sounds like someone turned the speed of the > sound up really, really fast. I could be "doin' it wrong" > but I read the docs and used the scheme-y interface > and it all sounds the same (chipmonks on speed). What sort of sound card are you using? Is it a cheapo onboard AC'97 one? Some of them don't work very well at anything other than 48kHz output, while the program is likely outputting at 8kHz or something else fairly low. You might see if you can change the output sample rate or try to send the output through esd or another sound daemon. Along those same lines, the program might be generating mono audio, and sending it to a card that is expecting stereo. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list