diff --git a/DPlusAuthenticator.cpp b/DPlusAuthenticator.cpp
index 306cfa5..98b03b4 100644
--- a/DPlusAuthenticator.cpp
+++ b/DPlusAuthenticator.cpp
@@ -55,11 +55,12 @@ bool CDPlusAuthenticator::Process(std::map<std::string, std::string> &gwy_map, c
     hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
 
     int result = EAI_AGAIN;
-    while (EAI_AGAIN == result) {
+	int count = 0;
+    while (EAI_AGAIN==result && 20>count++) {	// we'll wait up to 60 seconds for this to work
         result = getaddrinfo(m_address.c_str(), NULL, &hints, &infoptr);
 		if (EAI_AGAIN == result) {
 			fprintf(stdout, "getaddrinfo not ready: please wait...\n");
-			std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(5));
+			std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(3));
 		}
     }
 	if (result) {
diff --git a/QnetLink.cpp b/QnetLink.cpp
index e962c6e..2dfc28c 100644
--- a/QnetLink.cpp
+++ b/QnetLink.cpp
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ CQnetLink::CQnetLink()
 
 CQnetLink::~CQnetLink()
 {
+	speak.clear();
 }
 
 bool CQnetLink::resolve_rmt(char *name, int type, struct sockaddr_in *addr)
@@ -3596,6 +3597,24 @@ bool CQnetLink::Init(const char *cfgfile)
 		printf("srv_open() failed\n");
 		return true;
 	}
+
+	speak.resize(62);
+	std::string index(announce_dir);
+	index.append("/speak.index");
+	std::ifstream voicefile(index.c_str(), std::ifstream::in);
+	if (voicefile) {
+		for (int i=0; i<62; i++) {
+			std::string name, offset, size;
+			voicefile >> name >> offset >> size;
+			if (name.size() && offset.size() && size.size()) {
+				unsigned long of = std::stoul(offset);
+				unsigned long sz = std::stoul(size);
+				speak[i] = 1000U * of + sz;
+				printf("%s at %ld, %ld long\n", name.c_str(), of, sz);
+			}
+		}
+		voicefile.close();
+	}
 	return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/QnetLink.h b/QnetLink.h
index 2b4cb08..5155276 100644
--- a/QnetLink.h
+++ b/QnetLink.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <regex.h>
 #include <string>
 #include <map>
+#include <vector>
 #include <set>
 #include <atomic>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
@@ -173,4 +174,6 @@ private:
 	} old_sid[3];
 
 	CRandom Random;
+
+	std::vector<unsigned long> speak;
 };
diff --git a/announce/speak.dat b/announce/speak.dat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..046de16
Binary files /dev/null and b/announce/speak.dat differ
diff --git a/announce/speak.index b/announce/speak.index
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30996eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/announce/speak.index
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+A	0	29
+B	30	32
+C	63	34
+D	98	32
+E	131	26
+F	158	31
+G	190	36
+H	227	31
+I	259	28
+J	288	36
+K	325	28
+L	354	28
+M	383	34
+N	418	32
+O	451	29
+P	481	32
+Q	514	34
+R	549	29
+S	579	33
+T	613	28
+U	642	24
+V	667	44
+W	712	40
+X	753	33
+Y	787	31
+Z	819	36
+alpha	856	38
+bravo	895	38
+charlie	934	37
+delta	972	37
+echo	1010	33
+foxtrot	1044	56
+golf	1101	38
+hotel	1140	39
+india	1180	36
+juliette	1217	39
+kilo	1257	33
+lima	1291	41
+mike	1333	33
+november	1367	38
+oscar	1406	40
+papa	1447	35
+quebec	1483	36
+romeo	1520	39
+sierra	1560	35
+tango	1596	40
+uniform	1637	45
+victor	1683	34
+whiskey	1718	33
+X-ray	1752	40
+yankee	1793	39
+zulu	1833	38
+1	1872	34
+2	1907	28
+3	1936	37
+4	1974	35
+5	2010	37
+6	2048	35
+7	2084	38
+8	2123	28
+9	2152	37
+0	2190	33
+