I can confirm this behavior (i.e. bit rate/frequency settings for the
recorder not voicing) also on my iAudio X5. While I noticed these
voice prompts had disappeared in a build from a month or so ago
(sorry, don't recall when I updated before today), these tags are
still missing, or at least silent, as of the build I downloaded and
installed today (2007-08-20 or 21, depending on where you're at).
BTW...I actually built my own spanking new voice using Cepstral Callie
if anyone wants it. Happy to do it over as well if the missing voice
prompts come back