diff -ruN pytsp/pyesd.c pytsp.fixed/pyesd.c
--- pytsp/pyesd.c	2005-04-09 15:35:43.000000000 -0700
+++ pytsp.fixed/pyesd.c	2005-04-09 21:24:58.000000000 -0700
@@ -566,44 +566,30 @@
 
 void esd_stop_recording() {stop_recording=1;}
 
-char *esd_record_sound(int len, int rate_hz, int channelsd, int formatd) {
-	int nread=-1;
-	char rbuf[ESD_BUF_SIZE];   /* ESD_BUF_SIZE */
-	char *rbuf2=rbuf;
-	char buffer[len+1];
-	char *buffer_d=buffer;
-	int cursor=1;
-	int copyi;
-	int space_left; 
+/*
+	function: esd_record_sound
+		rewritten for bug fixes and concise-ness 
+		by Marvin Otto - sivunguvungu at cox.net
+		on 9 April 2005.
+	
+	output: returns a pointer to allocated memory or NULL if error
+				be sure to free it when finished.
+*/
 
-	/* FILE *target; */
-	space_left=len-cursor;
+char *esd_record_sound(int len, int rate_hz, int channelsd, int formatd) {
+	char *buffer = NULL;
+	int cursor = 0;
 
 	if (init_esd_record( rate_hz,  channelsd,  formatd)) {
-
-		/* target = fopen( "aggy.raw", "w" );  */
-		sprintf(buffer,"%s","");
+		buffer = malloc(len + 1);
+		memset(buffer, 0, len + 1); // ZeroMemory
 		stop_recording=0;
 
-		while (space_left>0) {
-			nread=record(rbuf,ESD_BUF_SIZE);
-			if (! nread) {break;}
-			copyi=nread;			
-			if (copyi>space_left) {copyi=space_left;}
-
-			/* fwrite( buf2, 1, nread, target );  */
-			strncat(buffer,rbuf,copyi);
-			cursor=cursor+copyi;
-			space_left=len-cursor;  
+		while (!stop_recording && (cursor += record(buffer + cursor, len - cursor)) < len)
 			sleep(0.007);
-			if (stop_recording==1) {break;}
-									      }
-		/* fclose(target);  */
-
-												
-									   												} else {return NULL; }
+	}
 
-	return buffer_d;
+	return buffer;
 }
 
 
@@ -667,7 +653,3 @@
 	free(myptr);
 	return written;
 }
-
-
-
-
diff -ruN pytsp/pytruespeech.c pytsp.fixed/pytruespeech.c
--- pytsp/pytruespeech.c	2005-04-09 15:35:43.000000000 -0700
+++ pytsp.fixed/pytruespeech.c	2005-04-09 21:26:06.000000000 -0700
@@ -642,25 +642,24 @@
 	 recording_driver=1;
 
 	if (recorded != NULL) {
-		if (strlen(recorded)>=4096) {
+	//	if (strlen(recorded)>=4096) {
 			ofile=fopen(infile, "wb");
 			if (ofile) {
 
-				owritten=fwrite(recorded, 1, strlen(recorded), ofile);
+				//owritten=fwrite(recorded, 1, strlen(recorded), ofile);
+				owritten=fwrite(recorded, 1, ilen, ofile);
 				fflush(ofile);
 				fclose(ofile);
 
-				if (owritten==strlen(recorded)) {
+				//if (owritten==strlen(recorded)) {
+				if (owritten==ilen){
 
 					if (convertfile(infile, outfile, 8000, 16,1, 1)) { return outfile;}
-													 			    }
+				}
 
-						  }
-		
-											  		  }
-
-								  }
+			}
+	//	}
+		free(recorded);
+	}
 	return "";
 }
-
-