I don't have answers to all of your questions, but I can answer some. The lastest version of iListen does run on Panter (OS 10.3). You will need help from your sighted freind, but all iListen commands are AppleScript, and are available for editing. Although there is no built in functionality to confirm commands by voice, the scripts could be edited to provide vocal feedback for the commands you use. Another posibility is the the speach recognition built into Panther. This doesn't allow for dictation, but it does allow switching between applications by voice, or other commands. Good luck! Joe Senecal