Hi, I'm using JAWS 4.5 and MSN Messenger 5. When cursoring through the list of online contacts JAWS doesn't read emoticons as emoticons (so it says colon left paren or whatever). When in a conversation and the other person is typing JAWS says so and so is typing a message, and does say the emoticon if they have one as part of their screen name. Yet once they've written the message JAWS says so and so, without saying the emoticons and just saying the punctuation again, says such and such. I hope that makes sense! So I was wondering if this is how JAWS is supposed to work? Since it reads the emoticons while they are actually typing a message, how come it's not reading them in the list of contacts or once they have written a message? Catherine -- 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 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