Dorothy, Which versions of Kurzweil and jaws are you using? For quite a few versions of jaws there have been scripts for Kurzweil that should stop jaws from talking while Kurzweil is running. Cheers Alex -----Original Message----- From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dorothy Ingram-Gorban Sent: 05 August 2008 20:35 To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Jaws not speaking at start up Jaws has always done that sort of thing hangs there the programme loads and Jaws Speaks then goes into silent mode, I do the following I exit the programme and move to my OCR, Kurzweil and start to plough through Documents and Jaws suddenly wakes up and wants to join the act. I also think something like real time file scanning on is working behind the scenes because even when Jaws does speak at once or pretty soon it is after this sort of lull,I cannot explain it any other way but I bet it happens to everyone Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johny Cassidy" <johnycassidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 6:50 PM Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Jaws not speaking at start up That is so wierd. The exact same thing is happening on my computer. It's been doing it for about two weeks now. It doesn't do it every single time, but most. I unload it, reload, and hey presto... Temperamental machines!! ----- Original Message ----- From: Amro Bilal To: Jaws Emailing List Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 6:45 PM Subject: [jaws-uk] Jaws not speaking at start up Hi all, Since I reinstalled XP Professional last week on my computer I'm having the following problem. I have Jaws configured to start automatically when the computer starts. Jaws starts ok, but, with no speech. I have to unload Jaws and reload it for Jaws to talk. I tried this with Jaws 9 and older versions but the results are the same. Would anyone have an idea what might be bothering Jaws? Cheers, Amro No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.12/1592 - Release Date: 05/08/2008 06:03 ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-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:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-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:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq