The Worlds Most Popular Windows Screen Reader What is a screen reader? A screen reader is a software program that enables a blind or visually impaired user to read the text that is displayed on the computer screen with a speech synthesizer or braille display. JAWS, J ob A ccess W ith S peech, is the world’s most popular screen reader, developed for computer users whose vision loss prevents them from seeing screen content or navigating with a mouse. JAWS provides speech and braille output for the most popular computer applications on your PC..

To use JAWS for Windows, you need a personal computer running Microsoft® Windows® with the following:

Description Specification JAWS Home Edition and JAWS Professional Windows® 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows Server® 2016, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2008 Processor speed Minimum 1.5 GHz processor Memory (RAM) 4 GB recommended (64-bit) 2 GB recommended (32-bit) Required hard disk space 20 MB to 690 MB required per voice for installing Vocalizer Expressive, Vocalizer Direct, or RealSpeak Solo Direct voices (file sizes will vary depending on the voice installed) Video A display adapter capable of at least 800 x 600 screen resolution with 16-bit color (1024 x 768 screen resolution with 32-bit color recommended) Sound Windows compatible sound card (for speech)

Note: The Previous JAWS Downloads Web page has older versions of JAWS for computers still running Windows XP (JAWS 15 and earlier) or Windows Vista (JAWS 17 and earlier).