Michael, I wonder if JAWS is not being directed to your default Windows sound card? Check the utilities menu in JAWS, then look at sound card. It's possible that when you reboot your default sound card is re-engaged and JAWS can work with it. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Rouillard To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 15:33 Subject: no speech after restarting JFW Hello, After shuttingdown jaws, I have no speech when I try to restart the program. Jaws loads, but there is no speech. In order to restore speech, I have to restart my computer. I am running the latest version of Jaws 10 and windows xp. What can I do to stop this problem? Thanks, Michael Rouillard