Hello haden, great to see you there, read on... Haden Pike wrote: > Hi list. I am sort of new to scripting. What I mean is that I haven't been > doing it very long. I have 2 questions. > 1. When I press enter to start the application I am writing the script for, > how do I make jaws say: "for a list of hotkeys press JawsKey+h." > You need to write an autostart event function: there are several system events, according to them JAWS performs the way scripts tell him. Like: focusChangedEvent, when you press any key to move to the next or previous control Like Shift+tab or just tab, or a dialog gets activated Now, how would Now, how would you write: Voide function AutoStartEvent () SayString ("press JAWS key+H for Hotkey help.") EndFunction Note: there may other things also be, like to only perform this message first time that program starts, or short and long messages, for that, you may need to use say message type of function in place of say string. 2. After the window comes up, how do I get jaws to speak what ever I tell it to. I know how to write script message files. > Any help is appreciated. > I don't understand this question perhaps, if you are saying about autostart, I have replied above, and if you are talking of some other window that comes such as a dialog comes or goes, or pressing tab, then you may need to write focus changed event function, or your condition may be different, > Thanks. > Thank you, Jitendra. Skype: Jeet.delhi __________ 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