Hi there, As a quick extra point, I noticed that the recent version of NVDA has support for SAPI5 synthesizers. This may have been the case some time ago but, if you've got other synthesizers installed, it really makes a huge difference to get some respectable speech with NVDA. I was pretty impressed with it. Jamie -----Original Message----- From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Hallam Sent: 19 September 2011 11:48 To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: windows 7 Ron, You could download the demo of version 12 from the website and install it, yes you will need to keep restarting the computer but it's better than nothing, and if you need to do a job that requires a screen reader for more than 30 minutes, you could install NVDA. Pete H. ----- Original Message ----- From: "r.sears1" <r.sears1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 11:26 AM Subject: [jaws-uk] windows 7 > Hello folks. I upgraded to version 10 of Jaws and have been > playing it on my desktop running XP. I have just purchased a laptop with > Windows 7 premium and the CD is not compatible. Sight and Sound tell me I > have to pay nearly £200 to upgrade to version 12. I think this is a > rip-off. I don't need all the things in version 12 but if I want to stay > with jaws I have no choice. I will have to get a new screen reader. > Freedom Scientific making money all the time I think it is terrible Any > response? > > Cheers Ron. > ** 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 > ** 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 __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 6475 (20110919) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com ** 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