Hi Dale, I have had good experience with Jaws on an Inspiron Mini. If you're an Eloquence user (vs. SAPI5), then the performance is very quick. It has enough USB ports to handle a Braille display (and I know that a new Braille display specifically designed for netbooks is on the way). The keyboard is nice (of course no number pad), but the arrow keys are arranged like other Dell computers, on the bottom left. And has a full set of Function keys, Ctrl, Fn, Win, and Alt to the left of Space. Alt, AppKey, and Ctrl to the right of Space. The build in speakers are fine for speech and audio books. Ciao, Mark Document Accessibility Specialist www.DocumentAccessibility.com www.accessingenuity.com marks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dale E. Heltzer Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 9:45 AM To: Dale E. Heltzer Subject: Attractive or repulsive netbooks with JAWS? I'm thinking of trying a netbook so that I can enjoy the warmer weather outside and still have my head stuck in cyberspace. Have folks found specific brands or models notably attractive with regard to keyboards, built-in sound, etc. using JAWS? TIA --- Dale E. Heltzer deheltzer@xxxxxxx -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx __________ NOD32 4143 (20090610) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx