# Speaker works with desktop but not Mycroft
**URL:** https://community.openconversational.ai/t/speaker-works-with-desktop-but-not-mycroft/10275
**Category:** Picroft
**Created:** [February 27, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/speaker-works-with-desktop-but-not-mycroft/10275 "2021-02-27T17:04:41Z")
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### Author:  [@CookiePants](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/CookiePants)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/speaker-works-with-desktop-but-not-mycroft/10275/1 "2021-02-27T17:04:41Z")
I got a [Honkyob mini usb speaker](https://www.amazon.com/HONKYOB-Speaker-Computer-Multimedia-Notebook/dp/B075M7FHM1/ref=sr_1_12_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=usb+powered+mini+speakers&qid=1614205035&sr=8-12-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzUTVaMUZXTzVSMlE0JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUExMDI3ODg4MkhCQjhJMU84U1A3QSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNTY2MTUxM09MSUVWSjNGSzRQNyZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX210ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=) and I can’t seem to get it working with picroft on my raspberry pi 3 b+ I used the setup wizard to tell it to use usb and I have the volume as high as it will go I know that it works with the raspberry pi because when I tried booting into the desktop and playing a sound test video on YouTube it worked but when I switch back to the booting into the command line interface it doesn’t work
I just realized that the speaker only works if the volume is at the highest it can go or just below that might be part of the problem too
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### Author:  [@neutron\_spin](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/neutron_spin)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/speaker-works-with-desktop-but-not-mycroft/10275/2 "2021-02-28T18:25:27Z")
I tried the same speaker and it doesn’t work…maybe I will try to set it to maximum and see…I think the 3.5 mm jack on the PI would be better instead of a USB speaker…I thing there are drivers that are missing for this USB powered device. I am going to try that.