Thanks Janina and Brian for your responses. I will try and find some C-media devices locally. Kind regards, Willem On Thu, 26 Jan 2012, Janina Sajka wrote: > Hi, Willem: > > I have a C-Media device that I purchased from Newegg for about $9.95 > that I am very satisfied with, especially at the price. It's a tad too > fat to plug two such devices side by side in most USB socket > configurations, but aside from that, I have no complaints. I have > line/mic in, and line/headphone out, and that's it. Very simple, very > cheap. > > In fact, it's so cheap, I picked up a handful of these, and will do so > again should I need more. > > Janina > > Willem van der Walt writes: >> Hi, >> I am looking for a good, meaning well-supported under Linux for >> microphone input and audio output, USB sound device. >> I have a system-on-chip here with poor sound support, no working >> input etc. >> I am at this stage not looking for a head set, but rather a "sound >> card" with jacks for speakers and microphone/line-in. >> Any suggestions welcome. >> Kind regards, Willem >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 > sip:janina at asterisk.rednote.net > > Chair, Open Accessibility janina at a11y.org > Linux Foundation http://a11y.org > > Chair, Protocols & Formats > Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/wai/pf > World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >