Thanks so much, that's a start even if not for 2006 yet. Shoot may end up with an '05 model anyway, there's a used one up on craigslist, it's up in Killeen texas though.
I would love to see text to speech functionality integrated into fbreader. I could have it read to me while out and about walking and while stationary could switch to plain olde eyeball mode.
Ah the wonders of the web - http://translate.1888usa.com/ translate to a wav file courtsy of AT&T - you can even choose the accent US or UK M/F and other languages - this link co-hosts with the google translator so you can translate and then hear the speech - useful nes pa.