Cher, Very rarely does Narrator not work in a JAWS crash. Is your Narrator set up to load automatically when you invoke the Utility Manager with Windows+U? If you're asking if JAWS works better to read certain part of the screen, I would say "absolutely". Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Cher Bosch To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: January 23, 2009 9:44 AM Subject: Re: Basic Screen Reader? Mike- Do you have any conflicts with JAWS installed on the same system? Can you use this when JAWS has been closed or quit working? For me, if JAWS quits, often Narrator won't talk either. Does it work better than Narrator at reading specific parts of the screen, etc.? Thhanks. Cher