Hi Andrew, Thanks for your input here. My new employer is a company that is primarily centred around the implementation of 'reasonable adjustment' in the work place. Therefore they have asked me to stipulate my specific requirements and they will accommodate them accordingly, in as far as they have to ensure that I have equipment before the assistive accessibility of it is concerned. The assistive technology proportion and the accessibility issues are for the considerations of an Access to Work application and subsequent assessment, But in the meantime and prior to that, we want to ensure that the best available hardware is in place under a reasonable adjustment for me and for the work it will need to do in running the assistive technology. Hope this is clear. Colin Fowler ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew Hodgson To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 10:25 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: minimum PC specification Hi Colin, I am very much of the opinion you should ask the employer what sort of PC you will probably get and then see if it will run the packages. For example, a P4 2.66GHZ with 512MB is able to adequately run the software fine, but at work I use JFW on an old seleron 1.xGHZ with 256MB of ram. Although if I was getting a machine I wouldn't choose this spec, if I needed higher spec it would mean that I would probably have to get the money from ATW, rather than spending it on extra equipment (I had ATW get me a Pacmate which was a lot more useful). Remember also you will need JFW Pro which is more money. Hope this helps, let us know how you get on. I have recently done the ATW thing about getting computer access, so if you want any info let me know. One thing is that ATW don't fund upgrades, so on the software you may have to live with it for a while. Hope this helps. Andrew. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Colin Fowler Sent: 27 February 2005 13:01 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] minimum PC specification Hi, I wonder if anyone could advise me of the minimum PC specifications deemed necessary for JAWS 6.00 Kurzweil 1000 version 8.00 XP pro to run on? I'm about to have an ATW assessment for a new job that I'm about to take up in central London, and first I need to stipulate what PC my employer sticks on my desk. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. Colin Fowler