Ive just thought of about ten more... Little_Dragon I like your idea about body language. I dont think well have to wait for M4 either. It should read it from the sound file or deduce it from said text file. eg - Breathing, head nodding, shifting averting eyes, and making the ears of pixies wiggle. Perhaps the application should auto-detect the figure type, all the way up to Vicky Ten. Then theres possible integration with Eudora and yahoo-mail. Im not mad, Im just an animator. xvcoffee (for now) -not one of the twelve-