HI ALL: To start, I use JAWS 17 on a Windows 8.1, 64-bit PC, and the below problem happens in Word 2013 and OUTLOOK 2013. JAWS has been set to handle "numbers", as aposed to the synthacizer, and it is set to say longer numbers in "pairs" - which may be relevant. This has been happening for a long time; so, I am not sure if it was doing this with JAWS 16, which was setup in the same way regarding the handling of numbers. When reading a long number (even if only 2-digits), individual digit by individual digit, I often hear a "numeric string" after every digit I hear. Sometimes, I hear this same numeric string after reading a "whole number" , seemingly attached to that "whole number". This has become much more bothersome lately, because I am working on things like "budgets" and "fund-raising" planning sheets - things with which I would not have been concerned for a long time. The audible, numeric string "appears to be" 112075, which reads as 11, 20, 75 - alided closely together. I can not seem to separate the individual digits, even using the "spell mode", because this string reads much more quickly than if I simply had JAWS read the text "11 20 75", and the reading speed does not seem to be at issue. For whatever reason that this may be happening, can anyone tell me how to stop this? I am worried that I may be sending messages/documents to people that will read the same way as they do for me, and this could be confusing. ... not to mention, make me sound stupid - at least for a minute or 2! :) :) BTW: I should point out, sadly, that this problem did not show up in re-reading this message; so, this would appear to be an inconsistent problem. Still, any suggestions would be appreciated, even if the only person's confusion, that gets cleared up, is mine. Thanks. Jim H For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
