Yes do the following Tap the windows key, and the start menu pops up Tap the letter on your keyboard, and a run dialog box pops up Type the version of jaws in the box, i.e. jaws9 if you are running that version, and hit enter and jaws will start. From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 05:29 To: JFW list Subject: Restoring JAWS Without Sighted Assistance After Loss of Speech Occasionally, a crash or other glitch causes JAWS to stop speaking. When this happens, is there any way to close and restart JAWS without sighted assistance to restore it to normal? Thanks.