Mitch, Here are the notes I have on adjusting speech: INSERT j FOR JAWS 2. ALT O FOR OPTIONS 3. V FOR VOICES Arrow down to global and press enter. Tab to voice rate. You will set your rate to whatever is best for you. Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: ChB To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 10:28 AM Subject: RE: Setting Speech Rate Hi mitch, From jaws main menu, go to options, arrow to voices and then global adjustment or individual adjustment, depending on what you want to change. Tab to get to voice rate Regards chrissy From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Mitchell Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 4:20 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Setting Speech Rate Hi, I am having to rebuild settings, preferences and more due to a ghastly requirement of a Windows XP Home package installation. I have only been using JAWS since 2.0 [grin] but cannot find the place to adjust speech rate. Sorry and thanks for your help. Mitch