hi, thank you both! jcharpak, I will try that, but my goal isn't espeak itself but to have voice navigation with the maps application, so even your "hack" works, I'm not sure if that solves the map problem. Thanks, anyway, I will do try that. pichlo, yes, I thought that too, but hoped v46 shall work. I use v46 because of pwnphone image, if I upgrade I will loose some capabilities. I think I shall think things through; I'm just playing with voice navigation, no essential... (: Maybe an older version of espeak would solve the problem...? Thanks, jm