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Hi The public beta of Jaws 16 has been released and one interesting development seems to be the introduction of at least some level of support for MathML (maths markup language). Access to maths/sciences for students who are blind or VI tends to pop up on here from time to time so thought it might be of interest. Download from http://www2.freedomscientific.com/downloads/jaws/jaws-public-beta.asp but note that "At present, JAWS supports MathML content rendered by MathJax in Internet Explorer. MathJax is a popular JavaScript library used by web developers to provide a consistent look and feel for math content across browsers. Because JAWS relies on MathJax to get MathML, JAWS may be limited by the types of content it supports. For example, since MathJax currently does not support elementary math features, JAWS is also unable to render them in the browser." "For now, math content on a Web page or in the Math Viewer is only spoken by JAWS and is not shown in braille. In addition, the contents of the Math Viewer do not appear visually on the screen. These important features, as well as support for other browsers, will be added in future updates as we continue to refine MathML support." Regards Ian Francis