Hello,Roger: Perhaps if you download Jaws12 or Jaws13 you may find that 12 or 13 may work better with the program you are trying to open than Jaws9.You know what Jaws9 is doing,so what do you have to lose but 40 minutes to download the practice demo CD?Go to www.freedomscientific.com and look for Jaws12 or Jaws13. You may want to speak with a tech person there at:727-803-8600,option 2 I believe. Good luck. roy dubriel "If you are different from me,brother/sister,it's not wrong,on the contrary you enrich me." Antoinede Saint-Exupéry ----- Original Message ----- From: Roger Woolgrove To: Java blind programming Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 6:23 PM Subject: Sodbeans accessibility Hi all, I've downloaded and installed the latest Sodbeans, read the tutorials and ready to get started. However, once I've pressed escape twice to get rid of the tutorials windows everything goes silent including jaws. I'm using Windows XP with Jaws 9 and have the java access bridge installed for use with other software. So can anyone help? Is there a better version of Sodbeans and some tutorials somewhere to cope with any differences? I also have a Macc running Snow Leopard and could use that yet again, I would like to have tutorials to hand. Desperately in need of assistance Roger