You could always try adding the modem string code in advanced
properties to try to force on the speaker (if any).
I have had regular internal ISA and PCI modems that were
sometimes difficult to get the "noise" to work...

I unfortunately do not have those "codes" handy...(Bummer.)

                                      Rick Glazier

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Gillett" <[log in to unmask]>
>   I rather suspect that it is physically extremely difficult to include a
> speaker on a PCMCIA card.  Not impossible, but difficult enough that I can
> easily believe some manufacturers don't bother.

> On 24 May 2004 at 11:08, Paul J. Traynor wrote:
> > I have installed a new PCMCIA modem in a laptop and it is working well.
> > The trouble is that  when its dialling up the line it does it without
> > making  the usual dial sounds that modems make or used to make.  It is a
> > 56k fax modem and the person who is using it is blind so audio sound is
> > important to them and I would like to be able to somehow  activate its
> > dialling sound if it is possible. I went into the modem properties and
> > pushed up the  slider for the modem speaker thinking this might help but
> > it hasn't.

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