Hi Amro, David & Mostafa, Thanks for the advice. I shall try your suggestions when the effects of tonights red wine has worn off. Many thanks Mark. ----- Original Message ----- From: Amro Bilal To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 5:02 PM Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Is there a Short cut key to mute jaws? And if silencing the Progress Bar Updates announcement doesn't sort it out, you can try setting Screen Echo to No Text in Config Manager/User Options. I had to do this with Real Alternative to fix a similar issue to the problem you're having. Setting Screen Echo to No Text will not mute Jaws and cause you to lose speech all together, but rather will stop Jaws from reading the screen when it changes. I think this is a better option than muting Jaws completely. HTH, Amro ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Mansworth To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 10:44 PM Subject: [jaws-uk] Is there a Short cut key to mute jaws? Hi all, Using Jaws9 with Vista home premium. I have been trying to use "Sound recorder", prog but keep getting Jaws pronouncing percentage figures and "Windows has blocked some programmes...",whilst trying to make a short recording. Hence is there a simple key stroke combination so I can mute jaws until I have finished the recording? As my attempts to find a swift way to do so has been fruitless so far... Thanks Mark __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4999 (20100404) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com