Hi I only would add that there is already a hot key. Press windows u = or if you don't have a windows key press ctrl escape and then press alt u = Lucia Greco Access Technology Specialist -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On = Behalf Of Alan Clendinen Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 1:08 PM To: ccfeist@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: re: Narrator when JAWS goes down Hello Chris, If you have either Windows XP home or XP Pro, Narrator is available to = use. The easiest way to launch it is to do the following: 1. Hit Control + Escape 2. Press "r" to get to the run command line box. 3. type "narrator" without the quote marks and hit enter to start = Narrator. Note: Narrator uses your sound card to speak. When you first start Narrator, it will display a help window which = contains=20 a summary of how to use this very basic screen-reading utility. You = should=20 familiarize yourself with using it before actually needing to use it in = an=20 emergency. Another way to simplify launching Narrator would bwe to find it in the=20 programs/accessories in the start-up menu and create a hotkey for it. = That=20 way, whenever JFW goes silent, you can easily launch it. Alan Chris wrote: Hi listers. In the past, I've seen references to something called = Narrator as a useful tool when JAWS crashes. I'm afraid that I'm not familiar = with Narrator. I am wondering what this is, where it is, and how it works. = If it is something that could help me when JAWS goes down and I can't get = it back up and running without hard booting the computer it would sure be helpful. Thank you, Chris Feist - The one and only! ------------------------------ End of jfw Digest V2 #584 ************************* -- 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 -- 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