Chip! The DEC-TALK USB takes a nine volt battery and it comes with a nine volt battery. It does not have a rechargeable battery nor will it recharge a rechargeable nine volt battery. Chirp|Chirp|Chirp: It's the Bat, Bat Arhonious Software, www.chirpingbat.com -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx