Alan, Helps if you have a shortcut on your desktop that you can actuate without speech. I have one set to launch a program called quickmix. This is free software that saves your audio mixer configuration (and you can define more than one) and saves them to a file on the drive. Then when I need to raise or lower my volume at the press of a button I just click on a desktop icon. This can also act as a "turn off the mute" if you accidentally mute your audio. Dave Composed in the Audio Recording and Mixing Studios, San Jose, California ----- Original Message ----- From: Alan Safier To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: 'Alan Safier' Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 06:32 Subject: [Bulk] Turning on a muted sound system Hello all, On occasion my sound system is muted. I then need to have a sighted person to go to my desktop task bar and turn my sound system back on. What commands do I need to perform this task by myself? Thanks, Alan