There's no default hotkey but you can set one up by highlighting the Jaws icon in the start menu, properties, shortcut. One possibility for the Jaws window being on the screen but no speech might be the presence of TotalRecorder and its software driver - does friend use that? -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ray's Home Sent: 02 July 2005 12:24 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] JAWS no speech problem I'm asking this question here because I am not a JFW user and not subscribed to JAWS lists. A friend I've helped before who does have JAWS finds he has yet again lost speech output. Its weird that this keeps happening. JAWS is configured to load at start-up and I prsume it is loading, but he's hearing nothing. Somehow I think one of the mute settings in the audio mixer keeps getting put to the on status. So, just two questions: does JAWS have a mute command, and if so, what is it? Second, is there a hot key to load JAWS when its not running? I am really puzzled as to why this keeps happening and wonder if there is a keystroke he is inadvertantly pressing that is causing this to happen. Either that or some mischievous software fairy is doing something on the sly. Ray Personal emails: Email me at mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq