Hello Jim, This is a beginner's answer. I was told a while back that when jaws stops speaking that using an alt-plus tab will sometimes refocus it. Bob S. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 5:33 PM Subject: How does one kill Jaws? Hiya list, Awhile ago someone wrote in that he has created an icon on desktop with a hotkey command to use when Jaws crashes and I wrote asking what steps do I need to do to create this hotkey and command. Since I've installed Jaws 7 I get on average a crash every 2 to 3 days and am stuck if I have important stuff loaded up that I cant hear anymore to save as the only way to get Jaws back from there is too reboot hence loosing what info I have loaded. Please can anyone help me to create this kill Jaws hotkey? thanks, Jim from Oz P.S bring on the update for Jaws 7 hopefully we get it soon:)