USB is good for 500MA at 5 volts for power. That's enough to run a doubletalk or the tripple talk. Regards, Kerry. On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 10:24:36AM -0500, Kirk Wood wrote: > On Fri, 18 May 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > Yes, but there is a limit to how much power the usb port can supply to a device. > > The more devices connect, the less power each gets if it isn't self-powered. Although, people don't usually use more then two devices at a time unless they have a hub of course. > > Actually power is the big obsticle. But the needed power for a set of > headphones would not be great. Just understnad that if you want a speaker > you triple the size and power requirements. Audio output is the main power > consumption. And in a portable situation you would only be looking for the > single USB device anyway. > > ======= > Kirk Wood > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net > > Nothing is hard if you know the answer or are used to doing it. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- -- Kerry Hoath: kerry at gotss.net alternatives: kerry at gotss.eu.org or kerry at gotss.spice.net.au ICQ UIN: 8226547