I'm currently working on a project that includes a dictionary in the PIC. I put the words in a DT table (which generates RETLW instructions). The last character has the MSB set. The next two bytes then point to the location in an ISD chip for the appropriate speech. It was interesting to write the code that scans the dictionary, deals with page breaks, etc. Harold ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.