And they are considerably more expensive than ordinary laptops so the only reason I could see benefit would be if you had sighted users who would benefit from the screen. Peter From: Frank Ventura Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 7:14 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Laptops You plug a USB keyboard into it. You can install JFW (and other screen readers) on Tablet PCs. But, from a blindness point of view there isn't any difference then using a regular laptop since the touch screen isn't of any use. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 1:07 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Laptops How does a blind person using JAWS operate a touch sensative tablet? I might be wrong but I can think of a whole host of issues around using one with JAWS. Peter From: Dennis Brown Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 5:42 PM To: JFW List Subject: Laptops Anyone know how well the laptops with the screen used as a writing tablet work with speech? Is the software accessible? What exactly are those screens called? Thanks, Dennis Brown