I wasn't using a Soundboard I was using the Speech Recognition control. I'm not trying to play WAV or MP3 files - just text in a command. I'm new here and I do read the ? for each control, look at the examples and watch the videos. If I don't understand something or can't get something to work, I post the question on this forum. I hope I'm using this resource correctly.

You are using the resource pretty well.
We are all here to help each other. That is one of about 20 things I love about ez robot. The only advice that I can give you about using the resource is to keep to one topic per thread and give it a descriptive name. It makes it much easier to search for others who might have the same issue later. Also, be sure to give credit to the person who answers your question. You will get a lot of help fairly quickly if you do this.

What is the type and model of the computer you are using? It may help us to dig and find out more about the computer to answer the question.

@d.cochran thanks for the tips. I really appreciate all help you and others given me. I'm using a Dell inspiron 15 laptop computer.

do you know the model number of the Dell?

Model # 3521

okay, let me do some digging

did you rebuild your computer or is it factory?

Asking because this might be your problem

If you rebuilt your computer and you didn't install these drivers in the correct order, you might have an issue.

A good test would be for you to try to play 2 different streams of music outside of ARC. For example, play a youtube video and a mp3 or something else that uses the audio at the same time. See if this works or gives you an error. Your laptop should be able to do this, but if it isn't, we will know there is an issue with your computer build for sure, and it definitely isn't an ARC thing. I also assume that you have rebooted your computer because it is possible that something crashed and retained a lock on the device.