Although that's one way of acheiving it it's an atom bomb to crack a walnut. Besides the fact that PCI slots will be at a premium there are many people who would, as I'm sure you know, both on this list and others that have problems configuring one sound card, let alone two. Added to that there is the expense factor. Some of us are lucky enough not to be working within a restricted budget, but many are. John. ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephen Faill To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 5:06 PM Subject: Re: jaws volume one answer is to purchase a second soundcard. i have done this and would never go back to a single soundcard as the 2 work really well enabling me to use jaws at what ever volume i want and also all other audio and window sounds at their own level. stephen ----- Original Message ----- From: john coley To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 1:32 PM Subject: jaws volume This problem has been posted before, but till now there hasn't been a solution, the problem being that of Jaws using system volume and not having its own. If you're listening to audio, as I was this morning, in that instance the main menu presentation on Jaws 8, and you turn up the volume to listen the jaws volume relative to the volume you're hearing will be very high. It would be very useful to be able to turn down the jaws volume so it doesn't blast out at you when it speaks something that pops up on the screen. John.