You're laptop's sound card should be fine. I would suggest, though, that you purchase a USB converter for the headset or just buy a USB headset. The currently shipping version of J-Say needs to run with JAWS version 8.0.1177. J-Say for JAWS 9 is just over the horizon but not here yet. Glad you're considering J-Say. It works great and it's really fun to use. Sue W. Martin Management Analyst, 508 Compliance Health Data and Informatics, (HDI) 205.943.2391 ________________________________ From: j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Arne Gilbakken Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 1:42 PM To: j-say@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [j-say list] sound card and headphones Hello, I am new to the list. I am considdering buying the J-say. I have a IBM T60 with 2Gb of ram. Is the internal sound card good enough for the audio input? Or do I need to by some USB external sound card, if yes what kind is recomanded with the headphones? Is the current version of J-say updated to run with Jaws 9.0 or do I have to run Jaws 8 with its latest update? Best regards Arne Gilbakken No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.9/1157 - Release Date: 28.11.2007 12:29