my first ever screen reader is HAL for DOS with an external synthesizer call apollo and work with DOS5, later DOS6.22. when I started to use windows 95, my first screen reader is HAL95 with a PCMCIA synthesizer but I forgot the brand. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warmest Regards, Allan Wong From: Ben J. Bloomgren Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 07:09 To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Your first screen reader! Hello all, Without getting off topic regarding Jaws, I'd be interested to know what your first memories of screen readers are. Mine begin with Jaws 3.2 on an old Gateway PC back in 1997. Good oal Doubletalk PC couldn't even handle the Romance languages for heaven's sake! Thanks, Ben