Ali, She should be able to shift tab from the edit field to read them. I dont' think there have been scripts written yet for the latest version of Windows Live. Dj Paddy Running Windows 7 Beta From: Ali Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 2:18 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] windows live messenger and jaws 10 Hi folks, Was trying to help a friend last night with the above, she is using the latest version of windows live and JFW 10, within the edit field within messenger typed words are echoed but incoming messages are not echoed and she has to use the jaws curser to read them. Anyone else having this problem? ALLY