Thanks Howard, that's helpful.  I'm using Jaws 11x and am considering 
switching to something else once I get settled on this new machine.  It 
would probably cost me less to switch to system access or something like 
that than to update jaws.  Thanks for the info.  73,  Lou
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: mail programs in windows 7


> Windows live mail is built in to 7, and works okay, the ribbon bars are a
> different layout.  Office 2003 and above will work on windows 7.  I don't
> know what screen reader you will use, but the versions back a couple of
> years on most will work under windows 7.
> Think of ribbon bars, as two parallel menus, each choice has options that
> you tab through, right and left arrows are used to navigate through the 
> main
> choices.  Up and down arrows will switch between the two ribbon bars.
> That's my image of what is going on anyway.  You can import your settings
> and addresses from outlook express in to windows live mail.  They can then
> be exported to files, and imported in to windows live on the 7 machine, if
> that's the way you choose to go.