JAWS System Recommendations
To use JAWS for Windows, we recommend a personal computer running Microsoft® Windows® with the following:
Description | Specification |
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Operating System (64-bit) |
Windows® 11, Windows 10, Windows Server® 2022, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2016. JAWS supports the x64 architecture for all operating systems. JAWS provides additional support for the ARM64 architecture on Windows 11 operating systems. |
Processor speed | 2.0 GHz i5 dual core or higher processor recommended. |
Memory (RAM) | 8 GB or more recommended. |
Required hard disk space |
2 GB with more space required for additional voices. SSD drive recommended. |
Video | Video/Graphics card with support for DirectX 9 or later with WDDM 1.0 driver. 1024x768 display resolution. |
Sound | Windows compatible sound card (for speech). |
Note: The Previous JAWS Downloads Web page has older versions of JAWS for computers still running Windows 7 (JAWS 2021 and earlier), Windows Vista (JAWS 17 and earlier), or Windows XP (JAWS 15 and earlier).