Addison, There is no way to change the phonetic representation of letters that JAWS speaks. They are hard coded into the JAWS program. I suggest that you type each letter of the alphabet into a document and learn how the phonetic word that JAWS pronounces for each letter sounds. JAWS uses the standard phonetic alphabet that is used by the military and ham radio operators, and so you just need to become accustomed to the way each word sounds. Gary King w4wkz@xxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: addison gethers To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 11:34 AM Subject: jaws 8.0 for word understanding Hello Everybody, I have jaws 8.0 version and I'm hard of hearing. I want to know ,Is there a way I can change some word in the key pad? Because I having trouble of understanding the letter and word when I press the number 5 for example if the I couldn't understand the letter p,b,z,v,c,d and x and press the number 5 and it say d for delta and n for november ,because when I couldn't understand for the letter p for something and I wonder if I could get the jaws say purple where I can understand the word that I'm familiar with the sound . I hope you all know what I'm trying to say? If not,please call me and my number is located at the bottom of the page. I will appreciated with some answer from you all and thanks. Addison O.Addison Gethers Member of Charleston Association of the Blind Member of South Carolina Funeral Director Association 101 Fennick Drive Moncks Corner,S.C. 29461 Cellular: 843 697 4065