Hi Austin I had the same problem, and it was solved by doing the following. First press insert plus the letter j to bring up the jaws application, then do alt key and the letter l, this will then bring up a list of menues, left arrow until you hear utilities menue then press down arrow untill you hear sound cards sub menue, right arrow into this and see what options are available by arrowing up and down. If there are options try checking a different option and see if speach returns. It may be that for some reason the windows sound card is not checked try checking it by pressing space bar. Good luck ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-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:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq