Hi Austin, on my computer, the latest version of Jaws reads the status bar in ie9. I presume that you've set the status bar to be displayed (the status bar option on the toolbars sub menu of the view menu should be checked). In passing, what info in the status bar do you find useful? In contrast, in Firefox 6, Jaws doesn't read the add-on bar (it's equivalent of the status bar). David. original message: hi its reading it with firefox 6.0 but not with ie 9 ** 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