Hi Leslie and list: Your best bet is probably a free chess game designed for JAWS at: http://www.hj.com/JAWS/Winboard.html There is another chess program called "KChess Elite" which makes the following claim: "There is full keyboard and mouse control, and an easy to use button bar. Special features make the program particularly good for blind or visually impaired players. Voice feedback can be male or female. There is extensive help, including a comprehensive glossary and the rules of chess. All versions of KChess Elite since version 2 have gained five star ratings from both Ziff Davis and C/Net. KChess Elite is also suited for use with screen reader software for the blind or visually impaired. Versions for both Windows 3.1 and Windows 9x/NT/2000 are available." I know nothing about KChess Elite, but I think we've all learned that companies are sometimes too casual in their claims of accessibility for the blind/visually impaired. You can find KChess Elite at: http://www.pnc.com.au/~arkangle/kchess/elite.html I use "Chessmaster 6000" (I think there's a 7000 version out there now) but I still have some usable vision. I read in a newsgroup that some people consider it fairly accessible because it does include speech feedback in many of its functions. I have friends who claim that Chessmaster isn't easily accessible for sighted people; it can be difficult to familiarize oneself with its many options, and there are crucial functions that do NOT give voice feedback. I don't know how it would do with a screen-reader. Chessmaster is available in a lot of places, but if you want to try an older version (Chessmaster 5000) to see how it works for you, go to: http://www.arcamax.com/cgi-bin/shop.pl?cid=292244-1940689842&offer=ahpcm 5000 and you can order the Windows version of Chessmaster 5000 for $7.95 (US) because they only charge you for shipping. If you use the program in conjunction with your own chess set, and play out the moves as their read, then several other chess programs also have voice feedback. Oh yeah, I've read that "Battle Chess" can be used by JAWS for most of its functions. Check with the US Braille Chess Association for some ideas: http://www.crisscrosstech.com/usbca/ Gary Tomball, Texas, USA VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. To join or leave the list, send a message to [log in to unmask] In the body of the message, simply type "subscribe vicug-l" or "unsubscribe vicug-l" without the quotations. VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html