Index: rockbox-devel/apps/tree.c
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--- rockbox-devel.orig/apps/tree.c
+++ rockbox-devel/apps/tree.c
@@ -991,7 +991,10 @@ static bool dirbrowse(void)
         if(need_update) {
             tc.selected_item = gui_synclist_get_sel_pos(&tree_lists);
             need_update=false;
-            if ( numentries > 0 ) {
+            if ( numentries == 0 ) {
+                if(global_settings.talk_file >0)
+                    talk_id(LANG_NO_FILES, false);
+            }else if ( numentries > 0 ) {
                 /* Voice the file if changed */
                 if(lasti != tc.selected_item || restore) {
                     int attr;