Adrian I'm not sure, but this happens to me with the voice getting lower and I think it's something to do with the punctuation in text. It's rather like taking a breath at the end of a sentence, I think JAWS is programmed to return to its normal pitch when it reaches a full stop. So if a sentence is long with no punctuated pauses such as comas or full stops, JAWS will continue to read without taking a breath and the voice will continue to get lower until it reaches the end of the sentence. There may be another reason, but this is what I've noticed. Barbara -----Original Message----- From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of adrian.rowe Sent: 05 January 2006 13:45 To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [jaws-uk] jaws talk I'm very curious to know? When I am reading a long text with JAWS, the reading voice seems to get lower in tone, and not stay static at the same pitch. Does anyone have any idea why this should happen? Adrian Rowe