Making Dasher 'talk on stop' I've been testing Dasher for a few days with different speech programs. When I downloaded version 3.0 I realized it had copy on stop. I remembered Readplease plus had the option to automatically read anything copied to the clipboard, effectively giving Dasher 'talk on stop.' If you have Readplease plus that works. (I don't have the plus version, too expensive for my taste) With that in mind I searched for a free program that simply reads from the clipboard on copy. Here's what I came up with; Talking clipboard; automatically reads anything copied to the clipboard using Microsoft Agent. No frills, no extras. Freeware. Talking box pro; automatically reads anything copied to the clipboard using Microsoft Agent. Same as above with more features, calendar, talking clock, more controls. (Beta freeware) both are on this page. (if you don't have Microsoft Agent installed you can get it here) http://www.4talking.com/agent.shtml Speak lite; automatically reads anything copied to the clipboard using Microsoft Agent. Very similar to talking box pro, calendar, talking clock, more controls. Microsoft Agent included. (shareware fully functional with nag reminder to register) cheap though $13.99 http://www.shadisoft.com/speaklite/ Microsoft agent website; http://www.microsoft.com/msagent/ I did find a few more but wasn't happy with the trial versions. If anyone knows of a simple freeware program that just sends copied text automatically from the clipboard to a speech engine please let me know. Maybe someone can write a simple control similar to talking clipboard and share it? Until then you can get Dasher talking on stop with no delay by using these. By the way, for those in the ALS group if you use 'Chip's speaking' you already have Microsoft Agent installed. Take care Ronnie Love (PALS) http://members.aol.com/rlove607/rons.html