Hi Paul, Having read your message and Iain Lackie's reply, I took a quick look at the site with Jaws 12 and IE8 and found that although Jaws did fall silent until the page was loaded, if I pressed the tab key after a few minutes of silence jaws would begin reading the page again, as the cursor would be somewhere around the language selection box. I hope this helps. Alexander Shannon ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-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:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq