I have the same issue. The time it takes the scanner to finish a scan is about 5 seconds, and while it is scanning I've never had to use Kurzweil reading commands, or I'll just wait until that 5 second scan is done and then use them. It is my only choice. the window is exactly what you suspect, just a scanner progress window, and if you've your screen reader active it is a window which is spoken by it while it has focus since it steals focus. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.