Wyowoman, if you can play a music CD and hear it, you have a sound card, so it's merely a matter of getting it set up. If your computer is new enough, it may have a microphone built in, but if not you can buy an adequate microphone at Radio Shack for less than $15 US, probably less than $10. You would need to get into the setup program for your sound card to be sure that a microphone is enabled.

Dave Oesterreich