A while back I asked how to do this but got no reply. Doug Lee informed me on this list that there is a COM API that is part of a JAWS installation. Previously, I had only known of a way for an application to produce a speech message through JAWS by using a Win32 type of call to JFWAPI.dll. Although I did find references to a COM object model using a COM browser, I could not figure out how to instantiate and use such an object. Can anyone tell me how an application, other than JAWS, can call a COM method, passing it a string, to produce a speech message through the currently running JAWS? This has become more important because JFWAPI.dll does not seem to work under 64 bit Windows. Jamal __________ Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository http://jawsscripts.com View the list's information and change your settings at http://www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts