NaturallySpeaking under wine is working remarkably well considering the amount of complexity present in both systems.. When I use it, it's just smoother and feels better than NaturallySpeaking under Windows. My undying gratitude is extended to all of those that helped. Here's what doesn't work so well. Audio. Specifically, vxi-b200 USB microphone In order to use it, I need to turn off pulse audio. And, I need to use it through the OSS usb mixer interface. Again, since it works in all, that's probably not so bad. Now, there is one failure that remains and it's pretty important. When I dictate, most of the time I do not get any output from NaturallySpeaking for least one to two minutes. A small fraction of the time I get the text right away. Usually my utterances are recognized but sometimes, they get forgotten/lost as if the audio went away in midsentence. any ideas as to why I'm seeing this behavior?