MC and HH ViaVoice seems to work much better since the 10.2.3 update. Apparently some core audio fixes were part of the update. I have 2 GB of RAM and that helps too. iListen is much faster than ViaVoice but not as accurate as VV IMHO. Randy visit me at http://randy.is.dreaming.org "The unexamined life is not worth living. The unlived life is not worth examining." - Socrates