Orca newbie question

[mike reiser <metalhead1009000 gmail com>]

Hello, I hope this is the approproiate place to ask the following 
question.  I'm a windows user and decided to try out ubuntu6.10 so I 
downloaded the live cd.  However, when I boot into the live cd and 
choose orca, it speaks but I can't understand what it is saying 
because the speach is staticy.  I can discern the voice through the 
static but can't make out what iis being spoken.  I'm using a 2.80ghz 
processor with 1gig of ram and a sound blaster audigy.  I'm also 
running it in a VMware session.  I'm very new to linux so any help 
would be apreciated.  Thanks,

Mike