Harry, Do not unplug the headset with dragon launched. I suspect dragon is expecting the headset to be present and the sudden change in the sound source confuses things. Pranav -----Original Message----- From: j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Harry Brown Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 9:12 PM To: j-say@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [j-say list] this is getting weirder by the minute! Hi all, well, this is the latest. When I plug in the USB headset, without Dragon launched, and I unplug the USB headset, the speech is just fine on my speakers. However, if I launched Dragon to use j-say, and I unplug the USB headset, I get no speech. So, what do you all think about that one? Harry