If you continue to have problems and a good solution isn't presented by other list members, I'll experiment with JAWS and Audacity on my Windows 7 machine. I have two sound cards so I can experiment. I haven't used audacity with NVDA to any extent. My impression is that it works reasonably well in general but that when you do something such as export or import a file or apply an effect, NVDA pretty much stops working in Audacity until the operation is finished. I'd have to experiment to see if my recollection is correct since I've very seldom used that combination but when you are recording with NVDA and Audacity, I don't think you will have problems. If you know how to set NVDA to use your internal sound card, you may want to try that as well as checking the JAWS settings. Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: Gene Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2015 10:43 AM To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [audacity4blind] Question about Recording from an External Source for anyone who may be wondering, I didn't deal with this topic in my tutorial. Did you check to be sure that the setting in JAWS is correct? Even if you set it correctly, something may have happened and the setting may have been lost. If you check and find that the setting is correct, perhaps I or other list members can present a solution or work around. It may help those who have suggestions to know what version of Windows you are using. Gene From: Michelle Creedy Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2015 10:25 AM To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [audacity4blind] Question about Recording from an External Source Hello All Well, I think I need to re-listen to the wonderful recording Gene did but I have a quick question. When I plug in my tape machine into the USB port, JAWS quits working. I can only think that it is trying to speak through the device even though I have the internal speakers designated to deal with JAWS. Any thoughts on how to fix this? I'm putting all my tapes into digital format. Michelle