OK. Thanks for the confirmation. That's what I suspected. Chris. ----- Original Message ----- From: David Hilbert Poehlman To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 3:19 PM Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: A feature I like. this is due to the new notification center much like the one in ios. You can control it in system preferences. On Jul 25, 2012, at 3:14 PM, linnette whalen <linnettew@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: If I am working on my Mac and the mail program is open, but not in focus, I can hear the subject of the incoming message. ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Jonnie Appleseed With His Hands-On Technolog(eye)s touching the internet Reducing Technology's disabilities One Byte At a time