Barbie, Here's some info from the Dancing Dots web site: . Even if you use CakeTalking on a laptop PC you must set the JAWS Keyboard Layout to "Desktop" (Jaws/Options/Basics/Use Keyboard Layout). . For best results when using CakeTalking on your laptop, Dancing Dots recommends that you use a full-size PC Keyboard as many important CakeTalking functions are easily controlled by keystrokes from the num-pad. USB or wireless PC keyboards are relatively inexpensive. Some customers have had success with auxiliary num-pad attachments but others have not so try before you buy! However, starting with the release of CakeTalking for SONAR 7, there are now alternate keystrokes that trigger certain functions formerly only accessible from the num-pad so having a full-size num-pad is now more of a convenience than a necessity. The page is at: http://www.dancingdots.com/prodesc/CakeTalkingForSONAR.htm Dave Composed on a Dell Latitude 630 in the general vicinity of my Audio Recording and Mixing Studios, San Francisco Bay Area. ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbie Elliott To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 14:46 Subject: [ddots-l] numpadd keys and laptops Does the laptop I purchase have to have the numpadd keys to work with cake talking? Thanks in advance. Barbie