That doesn't do the trick, I'm afraid. That moves the cursor and Bob #1 does not want to move the cursor. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Soutar To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 11:44 Subject: Re: SayWord left Hi, and if I understand you correctly, just use insert, left arrow, and that should do the trick. ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Logue To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 10:05 AM Subject: SayWord left WANTED: Jaws function or script that says the word to the left of the cursor. There are many times when I'm typing that I would like to hear the word I just read without moving the cursor. I don't know how to do this with Jaws. Bob