Hi Jeff. Take a look at the voice adjustment settings in Jaws. There are a number of profiles that come as default I think so you should see a number of choices there that will provide a more natural sounding voice such as Daniel. Taken from the Jaws help topics: Voice Adjustment Use the Voice Adjustment dialog box to create a new or edit an existing voice profile. A voice profile consists of a synthesizer, voice, and other speech parameters. You can customize these settings to create a unique voice profile for any application on your computer, and then give the profile an easily identifiable name for quick selection in the future. For example, if you want to create a proofreading profile to use when reviewing Word documents, you could start with the Eloquence synthesizer, slow the speech rate, and then save it as the Word Proofreading voice profile. The next time you are reviewing a Word document, you can press INSERT+CTRL+S and select Word Proofreading for the Microsoft Word voice profile. The Voice Adjustment dialog box lets you start with a synthesizer's factory default settings to use as a template, so that in addition to application specific profiles, you can change and save speech settings so that they apply globally for all JAWS speech in any application. After configuring a JAWS default profile, you can quickly switch between it and others by pressing INSERT+CTRL+S. The following describes the Voice Adjustment settings. Profile Group Box Use the Profile controls to select an existing profile that you want to edit or to select a factory default profile that can be used as a template to create a new voice profile. Tip: To save your current voice settings as a voice profile, choose the Save As button. Name Use this combo box to select the voice profile that you want to use. This provides a starting point for you to select a synthesizer and modify various options in this dialog box. After customizing your voice settings, you can name it and save it as a new profile using the Save As button. Delete Use this button to delete a voice profile. This button is not available for the standard Eloquence - (factory), SAPI 5 - (factory), and RealSpeak Solo Direct - (factory) voice profiles. Synthesizer Group Box Use the Synthesizer controls to select a different speech synthesizer and synthesizer language. Name Use this combo box to select the speech synthesizer that you want to use for your voice profile. Once you have selected a synthesizer, you can then choose a language and eventually a specific voice. Language Select the synthesizer language that you want the selected profile to use. The available languages are determined by the speech synthesizer you are using. Detect SAPI 4 Synthesizers This button installs older SAPI 4 synthesizers. These synthesizers do not work with all operating systems, such as Windows Vista. Choose the Detect SAPI 4 Synthesizers button to find the other compatible synthesizers installed on your system. After compatible synthesizers are located, the Update Synthesizer List dialog box appears. On the left side of the dialog box, there is a list of the available SAPI synthesizers. The buttons in this dialog box let you add or remove synthesizers. To add a new synthesizer: 1.. Select one or more synthesizers from the Available SAPI Synthesizer list. 2.. Choose the Add button to add just the selected synthesizers to the Synthesizer List for JAWS, or choose Add All to move all synthesizers to the Synthesizer List for JAWS. To remove a synthesizer from the Synthesizer List for JAWS: 1.. Select one or more synthesizers from the Synthesizer List for JAWS . 2.. Choose the Remove button to remove only the selected synthesizers, or choose Remove All to remove all the synthesizers from the Synthesizer List for JAWS . Voice Group Box Use the Voice controls to change various characteristics of synthesized speech in JAWS. Adjust You can configure JAWS so that slight variations to JAWS speech are heard when using different cursors, for example, the PC Cursor versus the Virtual Cursor, or when navigating different parts of an application's interface, for example, menus and dialog boxes, or when listening to helpful information such as tutor messages. The Adjust combo box lets you select specific voice context and then set various voice parameters, such as speech rate and punctuation, so that you can easily distinguish where and what JAWS is reading on your computer screen. The following describes the items in the Adjust combo box. a.. All Context - When selected, you can make one set of changes to the Voice controls that can then be applied at once to the PC Cursor Voice, JAWS Cursor Voice, Keyboard Voice, Tutor and Message Voice, and Menu and Dialog Voice items listed in this combo box. b.. PC Cursor Voice - The PC Cursor is the primary cursor used in JAWS. It corresponds to the system focus. To use a specific voice to distinguish when JAWS is reading a document, moving through or selecting options or icons, and performing most standard Windows functions, select PC Cursor and then change voice parameters such as speech rate, punctuation, person, and so on. c.. JAWS Cursor Voice - The JAWS Cursor is linked to mouse pointer functions in Windows and other applications. Select JAWS Cursor and then change other voice settings in the Voice group to differentiate when the JAWS Cursor is active. d.. Keyboard Voice - Use the Keyboard voice when you want JAWS to announce characters and words in a different voice when typing echo is on. To customize the Keyboard voice, select this item and then change voice settings such as rate, punctuation, and so on. e.. Tutor and Message Voice - Use this item when you want tutor messages announced in a specific voice. A tutor message can provide navigation tips in Windows and other applications. For example, if you press ALT to access an application's menu bar, JAWS announces the message, "To navigate, press LEFT or RIGHT ARROW." To customize the Tutor and Message voice, select this item and then change voice settings such as rate, punctuation, and so on. f.. Menu and Dialog Voice - Use this item to hear menus and dialog boxes announced using different voice settings. Rate Use this scroll bar to adjust the rate of speech for the currently selected synthesizer. Press RIGHT ARROW, UP ARROW, or PAGE UP to increase the speech rate. Press LEFT ARROW, DOWN ARROW, or PAGE DOWN to decrease the speech rate. Punctuation This combo box allows you to specify how much punctuation JAWS speaks. Available options are None, Some, Most, and All. Most is selected by default. Person Use the Person list to select which synthesizer voice you want to use with a specific Adjust combo box item. The voices that are available are determined by which speech synthesizer you selected in the Synthesizer group. Pitch The Pitch slider allows you to adjust the pitch for the currently selected voice. Note that some SAPI5 and RealSpeak Solo Direct synthesizers do not support pitch change like Eloquence and some other hardware and software synthesizers. Volume Use this scroll bar to adjust the volume of some hardware speech synthesizers. Press LEFT ARROW, DOWN ARROW, or PAGE DOWN to decrease the synthesizer volume. Press RIGHT ARROW, UP ARROW, or PAGE UP to increase the synthesizer volume. If you are using Eloquence as the speech synthesizer, use the system volume to adjust volume control. Spell Rate Change Percent Enter a value that will decrease the speech rate when JAWS spells words or lines. This item is only available for some synthesizers and when the Adjust combo box is set to All Context. Upper Case Pitch Case Percent Enter a value to vary the pitch when you type or navigate across capital letters. This item is only available for some synthesizers and when the Adjust combo box is set to All Context. Say All Group Box JAWS can immediately switch from one synthesizer, for example, Eloquence Software, to another, such as SAPI 5 or RealSpeak Solo Direct, when using the Say All command (INSERT+DOWN ARROW). While the default Eloquence voice may be useful for reading and navigating short text such as prior or next line, sentence, or paragraph, it may not be the preferred voice for longer passages of text. The SAPI 5 or RealSpeak Solo Direct voice chosen remains active during the Say All even as you fast forward, rewind, speed up, or slow down. However, when you stop the Say All, the Eloquence voice returns. Use the following controls in the Say All group to set preferences for how the Say All command works. Speech Synthesizer Use this combo box to select the synthesizer used for Say All. Select either Default, SAPI 5, or RealSpeak Solo Direct. When using Default, all other controls in the Say All group are unavailable. Also, note that RealSpeak Solo Direct is only available if you have downloaded and installed a RealSpeak Solo Direct voice. If the Say All synthesizer is Default, then either SAPI 5 or RealSpeak Solo Direct will be used for an Alternate Say All (ALT+INSERT+DOWN ARROW). If either SAPI 5 or RealSpeak Solo Direct is selected, the Default synthesizer is used for Alternate Say All. Rate Use this slider to select a comfortable speech rate for the Say All voice. PAGE DOWN and PAGE UP change the rate of speech by larger increments, while the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys make more gradual changes. Punctuation Use this list to set the punctuation level used by JAWS when the Say All voice speaks. Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to select a punctuation level. The options available are None, Some, Most, which is the default, and All. Person The Person combo box lets you to select which SAPI 5 or RealSpeak Solo Direct synthesizer voice to use for Say All. Pitch The Pitch slider allows you to adjust the pitch for the currently selected voice. Note that some SAPI5 and RealSpeak Solo Direct synthesizers do not support pitch change like Eloquence and some other hardware and software synthesizers. Volume Use the slider to increase or decrease the Say All speech volume. The DOWN ARROW , LEFT ARROW, and PAGE DOWN keys decrease volume, and the UP ARROW, RIGHT ARROW, and PAGE UP keys increase volume. OK This button saves any changes made and then closes the Voice Adjustment dialog box. This button is not available when changes are made to any factory default voice profile template. You must use the Save As button to save any changes made to a factory template. Save As Choose this button to save your current voice settings as part of a voice profile. Type a name for your voice profile or select an existing profile from the list. If you select an existing profile, that profile's individual voice settings will be overwritten by the new settings when you choose OK. Apply Use this button to apply and save any changes made to the voice profile settings without exiting the Voice Adjustment dialog box. Cancel When you select this button, any changes you have made are discarded, and the Voice Adjustment dialog box closes. Back Next Kevin Lloyd E-mail: kevin.lloyd3@xxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: jeff flint To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:48 PM Subject: [access-uk] Jaws 13 and voices I would love to use a different voice for the reading cursor than the jaws cursor, are any additional voice voices built in or is it more complex? Jeff