VISTA comes with Narrator like it did with XP and you can start it up from the logon screen as before using windows+U for the utility manager. Regards. Tristram Llewellyn Sight and Sound Technology Technical Support www.sightandsound.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: Spring.flower To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 1:52 PM Subject: [access-uk] Vista's screen reader Hi Remember me saying that I was having xp on my new laptop and not vista? well, err, i spoke too soon, there's no sound driver for xp with that model of laptop so vista here I come. The problem is the speech, I believe there's a screen reader on vista? how good is it? and how does one activate it from within vista? Thanks Trace ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq