> My /etc/asterisk/festival.conf looks like this: My conf looks the same. > My extension looks like this: > > exten => 603,1,Answer() > exten => 603,2,Festival('this is a test testing 1 2 3') Try syntax like the following (this works): exten => 3913,2,Festival(mary had a little lamb) Be sure you start Festival "before" starting *. Rich