Cheap? Ready to go? HA, i say and HAH again A real engineer would design a voice synthesis module with a cell receiver so that it could be reprogrammed with daily greetings from the Grandparents. Honestly, what kind of engineers are we producing today? :) Martin ( the originator of the digital, automated, hydraulic walnut sorter, sheller and shell pulverizer...) > Except that it was a 28 pin DIP. and your point would be? you're not proposing a "simpler solution" are you? > Hallmark had some cheap greeting cards that you could record > your own message on. Cheap and ready to go. > > Robert > _______________________________________________ http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist