Is there a way to use the output type, OT_DEBUG, in Say statements rather than strategically placing SayString statements and later commenting them out? The fact that the constant exists implies that there is a way to change verbosity settings to turn on and off the speaking of these messages. I wouldn't want to do this with detailed or trivial temporary debug statements used to get insight into a particular problem. These I simply remove when the problem is resolved. Don Marang __________ 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