Hi Chris, I've found a very good document which explains how to use Narrator and how to get it, etc. Here it is for you and for the other friends in our list: ********************* Navigating with the keyboard and Narrator a.. Open Narrator. Reading options a.. To read an entire window, click the window and then press CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR. b.. To get information about the current item, press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER. c.. To get a more detailed description of an item, press CTRL+SHIFT+INSERT. d.. To read the title bar of a window, press ALT+HOME. e.. To read the status bar of a window, press ALT+END. f.. To read the contents of an edit field, press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER, or use the arrow keys. g.. To silence the speech, press CTRL. a.. To open Narrator, click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to Accessibility, and then click Narrator. b.. To open Narrator using the keyboard, press CTRL+ESC, press R, type narrator, and then press ENTER. c.. Narrator is not available for all languages and is only supported on the English version of Windows XP. To open narrator, simply press: winkey+u and to shut down narrator, ctrl+f4 and choose exit. I hope this helps Moti ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Feist" <ccfeist@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 8:47 PM Subject: Narrator when JAWS goes down > 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! > > > -- > 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