I wasn't able to compile any other version of festival so I compiled version 1.95 didnt have a problem. I followed the following instructions: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+festival+installation now I get an error in festival: ***********begin screen shot ***************************** [root@localhost ~]# festival --server server Tue Dec 14 22:56:56 2004 : Festival server started on port 1314 client(1) Tue Dec 14 22:56:59 2004 : accepted from localhost SIOD ERROR: wrong type of argument to car : wholeutt client(1) Tue Dec 14 22:56:59 2004 : disconnected **************end screen shot**************************** Please help email: shmaltz@gmail.com