Thanks all! I was OK taking notes. I had my iPhone and my Apple keyboard. I could not, however, edit a 40 page MS Word software license agreement full of automatic numbering, automatic cross-references, multiple outline-level styles, tables, bookmarks, and track changes. So, the iPhone was out, and NVDA didn't really cut it either. Fortunately, I only needed to mark, delete, and copy a few paragraphs and edit a few sentences. So, I got by with NVDA. I'm on the Freedom Scientific site right now. I went through the price sheet and saw nothing about a thumb drive or portable JAWS, though I did see references in the technical support archives to both. I'm sending Freedom Scientific a message right now to inquire. I thought dongles were hardware devices to prevent unlawful use. That is, the software won't work unless it gets in touch with a dongle which is plugged into the computer. That would mean, I suppose, I would have to carry the dongle (no problem) and download to install. That works if I have an Internet connection. I suppose I could just keep the JAWS CD in my laptop bag. Still, I think the thumb drive option may be the best, provided Freedom Scientific still offers it. I'll find out. -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brandon Keith Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 9:48 AM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: JAWS by the hour Yes, a dongle as well as PDAs work for taking notes if all else fails. Brandon Keith Check out MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/brandonkeithcom Also add me on facebook! brandonkeith -------------------------------------------------- From: "Yadiel Sotomayor" <yadosotomayor@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 7:41 AM To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: JAWS by the hour > ?I believe not. However theirs is thing called a dungle. It can work in 40 > minute mode (free version) and in full license (paid version) all from the > conffort of a small USB flash/thumb/pen drive. > -- > JFW related links: > JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ > Scripting mailing list: > http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com > JFW List instructions: > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > Alternative archives located at: > http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or > the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. 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