Provided XP has drivers for your soundcard then it should have the effect of making it multi-channel, but you didn't mention what it is which would help. Regards. Tristram Llewellyn Technical Support Sight and Sound Technology Welton House North Wing, Summerhouse Road, Moulton Park, NN3 6WD Web : www.sightandsound.co.uk Email: tristram.llewellyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Support: Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx General: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: Support line: 0845 634 7979 01604 798 000 Sight and Sound Technology Limited is a company registered in England and Wales, with company number 1408275. Sight and Sound Technology Limited is a trading subsidiary of 2nd Phoenix Limited. Registered Address - Blenheim House, York Road, Pocklington, York, YO42 1NS. VAT Number - GB 860 2121 66. ________________________________ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of alan pollard Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 8:23 AM To: access uk Subject: [access-uk] re Sound cards and xp? Hello List Members, As I am at present useing ,win 98 fitted with a single channel sound card, and of cource having to unload Jaws prior to playing an Audio file, I am having a refurveshed , P 4 computer loaded with X P home includeing specified oppsions delivered soon .,I have googled imformation :sound Cards +screen readers and and if i've understood it correctly ,X P can handle both the Jaws audio as well as a second audio stream simultaneously apparently useing a standard card,eliminating the bneed to upgrade to a,multi channel type?. please Is this the case?, or should I specify a particular model card?.I also want to be able to access Internet Radio!.thanks very much in advance!Alan. ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq