Hello everybody, This afternoon, I had an interesting conversation with a Montessori teacher, about Speak. She asked me why Speak says "a" when "a" is pressed and not the *sound* of the letter "a". Montessori teachers teach the shape and sound of letters first, and then the name of the alphabet. I did not have an answer for her, but I wondered if it would be possible to have an option in Speak to do so. I'd imagine that the sound of the letter would vary depending on language, right? cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA <a href="http://verma.sfsu.edu/">http://verma.sfsu.edu/</a> <a href="http://opensource.sfsu.edu/">http://opensource.sfsu.edu/</a>