Hello all, I have many questions and apologize for the disjointed presentation of this message. I have spent several hours going through your list archives, listening to audio demos and various discussion presentations available. I am a totally blind user of JAWS 8.0. I understand from the descriptions given that my JAWS build is beyond the current capabilities of J-Say. I attempted to download the version 8.0 build 1177 using the download link but it was not successful. I'll work on that but am wondering what the news is on the efforts of upgrading J-Say pro 5.01 to be compatible. The archives suggested in a June 26 message that it was being worked on and was forthcoming. Is there a projected release date. I have Dragon Naturally Speaking version 9. I worked with dragon dictate and dragon nat speak in the context of teaching young children who were experiencing learning disabilitiesback in the late nineties. I was on a voice users group out of Boston at that time. Due to my being totally blind, one might say my role with my students was more the coach supervisor. I was not a personal user of Dragon because we could not resolve it and the bridge available was not sufficient. I however, saw the extreme potential of Dragon and how useful it could potentially be to blind users and also to others for lots of reasons. I was so amazed at how the students persevered in those early days.I would say I have some knowledge but an not technical. In the school system I teach full-time in in southern Ontario Canada, Dragon Naturally Speaking will be on our computers when I return to school in the fall. In June I was privileged to have it imaged onto one of our classroom computers and my assistant and I began working with two grade three children as a sort of pilot. I was again struck by how helpful Dragon is, especially to reluctant writers. This is a huge advancement to make voice recognition more widely available. I will teach a regular class of grade three students this year and hope to invite some of our struggling young writers to try Dragon Nat Speak. Our new principal is very willing. These children won't need J-Say for their useage but can I ever see a market for those who are disgraphic. The feedback loop offered through JAWS would really reduce the angst of not being able to read the correction boxes or being unsure of what is being said. Even those who have mild developmental disabilities who can speak and understand well (good expressive and receptive skills) could have worlds being opened up to them with the feedback loop of talking and Jaws and J-Say. Looking at what the costs are for purchasing all this for myself, I know the costs are still prohibitive but the potential still incredible. . I have been away from the dragon product for several years and am most excited by what J-Say will be able to offer me as an independent totally blind user. I also am an ordained clergy in a small rural Protestant church and I believe the Jaws, Nat Speak and J-Say combination will provide a time saving transcription concern for me. Is this feasible? If I were to record my sermon message (also called a homily in some denominations) could I hypothetically play back the recording onto my computer using the microphone to create the ver batem text so that the messages could be sent out electronically to those who wished or printed for sharing. Do you have recommendations regarding the best digital recorder.I am looking at two right now the new Humanware Victor Stream Reader to be released later in August which of course does so much more than the recording voice notes features or the Olympus DS50 which is almost fully accessible for the blind. Regarding wireless headsets, I have read in the archives about the recommendation of the plantronics Cs-50 as suggested by Sue Martin. Has there been any advancement in the less conspicuous cell phone style microphones and ear buds? Is there such a thing as a wireless ear bud? I realize a microphone is necessary for recording but just curious if anyone has seen such? Finally, My useage of computer is focused primarily on using a PC at home, and a lap top on the go or in my work environments. Can I load this combination of Dragon, JAWS and J-Say on more than one computer and how would I update the profiles between the systems, or is this possible? I was wondering about using my portable USB hard drive but do not know if this is feasible or necessary? Sorry for so many random questions. I have not yet purchased J-Say but have spoken with a Canadian vendor today. Thank-you for these amazing advancements and any help or suggestions you might offer. Sharon Ballantyne No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.2/933 - Release Date: 8/2/2007 2:22 PM