Chuck, I'm pretty sure the telephone relay services (voice to TDD) for the deaf are nationwide. And they are FREE. Here, in CA, I think you dial 711, but elsewhere it might be different. It's human, not machine, and, by far, the best type of voice recognition there is! (the brain) Plus, without training each voice individually, computers aren't likely to do a good job recognizing incoming telephone callers. Just ask the callers to email your friend instead of calling, if the relay service isn't practical for some reason. --John Glenn __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/