[Blindtlk] [nfbwatlk] JAWS 10 Update Released (64 and 32 Bit versions) - 3/12/09

Sun Mar 15 06:32:50 UTC 2009

Here is info on the new version of JAWS.  In addition to these 
specific things, it now supports 64-bit Windows, and has support for 
multiple sound cards in the same computer.

Dave

Enhancements in JAWS 10.0.1139 (March 2009)

The following is a list of items addressed between the final JAWS 10.0.512
release and the final JAWS 10.0.1139 posting. All enhancements since the
initial public beta release are included in this release.

JAWS

*	JAWS no longer creates a braille contraction error for the word
doggone.
*	For Unified English Braille (UEB) and contracted English braille
(Grade 2) output, words such as thermoform and chloroform are forward
translated correctly using the for sign.
*	Resolved a memory leak issue that was noticed when switching between
RealSpeak Solo Direct and Eloquence voice profiles.
*	Tables now display correctly in Outlook 2007 and Word 2007 when you
have a braille display attached, and the Document Presentation option is set
to Screen Layout.
*	Scripts have been created for tcConference software, which is Web
conferencing software that supports Freedom Scientific online training
sessions. For more information, see the Freedom
<http://www.freedomscientific.com/Training/e-LearningEntrance.asp>
Scientific Webinar Schedule and Registration Page.
*	Resolved an issue where the word realign was using the ea sign for
UEB and contracted English braille.
*	JAWS now speaks the status of the check boxes in the Options dialog
box of Word and Outlook when you press the SPACEBAR.
*	The word Micronesia now translates correctly for contracted English
braille.
*	JAWS will now echo the F3 keystroke.
*	The MSAA Mode combo box is now described in the Advanced Options
Dialog topic in the JAWS help file.
*	Screen sensitive help INSERT+F1 is now available for the Translation
Table combo box in the Braille Basic Settings dialog box.
*	When running JAWS and MAGic together, pressing INSERT+UP ARROW to
say a line in the Mouse Enhancement or the Cursor Enhancement dialog box for
MAGic no longer causes a left mouse click at the location of the JAWS
cursor.
*	New BANA rules for some Grade 2 symbols have been implemented.
*	Configuration Manager will automatically save changes to remote
access settings when you close the manager.
*	The "lnk" type is now shown on the right side of a braille display
instead of the right side when a link appears by itself on a line in
applications such as Word and Outlook 2007.

Adobe Acrobat

*	When you move about the different panes of a dialog box, such as the
tree view and read-only edit boxes found in the About Adobe Plug-Ins dialog
box, JAWS now only reads the item that is currently selected instead of
additional items that are not selected that also appear in the dialog box.
*	JAWS was not detecting tables in some PDF files. This has been
corrected.
*	JAWS speech and focus work correctly after creating a bookmark in a
PDF file.

Adobe Flex

*	JAWS correctly reads the number of sliders that appear on the
computer screen.

Corel WordPerfect X3

*	This release resolves a long standing issue when reading and
navigating by paragraphs in a WordPerfect X3 document. JAWS now correctly
reads the current paragraph from beginning to end when using CTRL+NUM PAD 5.
In addition, when you use CTRL+UP ARROW and CTRL+DOWN ARROW to jump to and
read the previous or next paragraph, JAWS correctly moves to and reads the
paragraphs instead of stopping on blank lines.

Microsoft Excel

*	When an Excel workbook contains data on multiple worksheets, JAWS
now correctly reads cell information on the current worksheet. Before, when
switching back and forth between worksheets, JAWS would sometimes read data
from the previous worksheet.
*	If a Title Region is created in one region of a worksheet, JAWS no
longer behaves sluggishly when navigating in other regions on the same
worksheet.
*	In the JAWS help file, the obsolete keystroke CTRL+SHIFT+R has been
removed and replaced with INSERT+SHIFT+R, which is the keystroke for listing
cells in the current row.
*	In the JAWS help file, the obsolete keystroke CTRL+SHIFT+C has been
removed and replaced with INSERT+SHIFT+C, which is the keystroke for listing
cells in the current column.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

*	This release resolves a long standing issue with the INSERT+F8
keystroke and Internet Explorer. When you open the Internet Explorer Toolbar
dialog box using this keystroke, JAWS no longer inserts an ampersand in the
text links that appear in the toolbar list.
*	When using JAWS Find (CTRL+F) and Say All (INSERT+DOWN ARROW)
together, JAWS speech no longer stops if you press F3 to jump to the next
instance of the search string. Instead, JAWS moves to the next item and then
continues reading.
*	Braille focus no longer jumps to the bottom of a Web page when you
turn off JAWS speech.
*	Resolved an issue with the Illinois Center for Information
Technology Accessibility Web page where ARIA Live regions were not updating.

*	JAWS correctly navigates back and forth between Web pages at
www.cjob.com without announcing an Unknown Function Call message.
*	Resolved an issue of sluggish JAWS performance with the New York
Times Web site.
*	The keyboard help message (INSERT+1) for the INSERT+Z keystroke has
been updated to state that it toggles the Virtual Cursor between Off and
Auto.
*	JAWS no longer announces input fields that are hidden from view by a
cascading style sheet.
*	JAWS correctly reads alt text and links while in Virtual mode in
Internet Explorer.
*	After pressing F5 to refresh a Web page, JAWS will once again read
and recognize links in the INSERT+F7 links list.
*	Web pages that use the Windows Media Player plug-in are now
accessible with JAWS.
*	Table navigation keystrokes no function correctly when a blank line
is encountered between table data.
*	The read-only help messages for Internet Explorer's Adjust JAWS
Options (INSERT+V) have been corrected and updated.
*	Instead of saying, "contains text," JAWS now reads the text when you
press TAB to move into a read-only edit field.
*	The Select and Copy option for Internet Explorer can be set to one
of the following: Full Content using Onscreen Highlight or From Virtual
Cursor.
*	JAWS no longer speaks the wrong text after pressing TAB or ARROW
Keys to move away from an edit field in which you have just typed text.
*	In the Customize Punctuation dialog box of Configuration Manager,
JAWS now reads the symbol U+F0E0 as right arrow bullet.

Microsoft Notepad

*	Navigation by sentence (ALT+DOWN ARROW) and paragraph (CTRL+DOWN
ARROW) work correctly in Notepad.

Microsoft Outlook

*	Plain text e-mail messages that you forward or respond to typically
have lines of text prefixed with a greater than sign. When you read the
message by previous or next paragraph (CTRL+UP ARROW or CTRL+DOWN ARROW) in
Outlook 2003, JAWS now recognizes and reads any paragraph prefaced with a
greater than sign.
*	The screen sensitive help (INSERT+F1) for a Note (CTRL+SHIFT+N) in
Outlook has been improved.
*	JAWS now provides greater detail about appointments that appear in
the French and Spanish versions of Microsoft Outlook when you press TAB to
move from one Calendar item to another.
*	INSERT+H hot key help is now available for the Macros dialog box in
Outlook.
*	When multiple appointments appear in the Outlook Calendar, JAWS now
announces these appointments and all associated information as you navigate
the list using the UP or DOWN ARROW keys.
*	While creating an e-mail or Calendar appointment in Outlook 2007, if
you jump to and navigate through Ribbon items using TAB, JAWS navigation
will now remain in the Ribbons and not accidentally return to the message or
appointment text. Previously, after pressing TAB a few times, JAWS would
lose its navigation focus and jump to the body text.
*	When a layout table appears in an e-mail message, JAWS will now
correctly read text in both speech and braille as you navigate into or out
of the table using the DOWN and UP ARROW keys. Previously, JAWS would
announce the text correctly, but the braille display would show the last
line of the table or combine several lines into one.
*	JAWS now announces the recurrence and reminder flags when pressing
TAB to move through Outlook 2003 appointments.
*	JAWS no longer announces an unknown function call when editing or
reading an e-mail message.
*	When using Word as the editor in Outlook 2003, the braille contents
of the To field no longer automatically appear in the CC and BCC fields in
the message header.
*	When viewing an all day event using the Virtual Viewer, JAWS now
correctly states that it is an all day event.
*	When you open an e-mail message using Outlook Express, JAWS no
longer announces the subject line multiple times.
*	You can create F1 key help messages for check boxes and combo boxes
in Word forms. As you press the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to move through the
form, JAWS will now announce if these form controls have associated help
messages.
*	In Outlook 2007 if text is selected in the preview pane, you can use
SHIFT+TAB to move back to the folder list.
*	In the Word 2007 Modify Styles dialog box, JAWS did not speak the
read-only text that described Style Properties. Now, when you use the ARROW
Keys to move through and read multiple lines, JAWS will read the text.
*	When you press ALT+1 twice quickly, JAWS now reads the header field
of an e-mail message instead of sending the message.
*	The text on a braille display now remains when navigating by
character on a link in an e-mail message.

Microsoft PowerPoint

*	When e-mailing a presentation from within PowerPoint 2007, JAWS
correctly announces the header edit fields, such as To, CC, and Subject, as
you press TAB to move through the fields.
*	The color can be selected in the Format Background dialog box in
PowerPoint 2007.
*	The INSERT+F1 help messages have been updated to include information
about all slide layout types.
*	The INSERT+1 keyboard help for the SPACEBAR and BACKSPACE keys in
PowerPoint is now correct.
*	The Custom Labels option is not available in PowerPoint and no
longer appears in the Adjust JAWS Options dialog box for PowerPoint.

Microsoft Word

*	When enabled, Navigation Quick Keys let you quickly and easily move
through a Word document. For example, you can press H to jump to the next
heading in a Word document, P to jump to the next paragraph, and G to jump
to the next graphic. JAWS 10 will now automatically turn off Navigation
Quick Keys when you open a Ribbon, menu, or dialog box in Word. In previous
JAWS releases, Navigation Quick Keys would remain on until toggled off using
INSERT+Z, or turned off using the Navigation Quick Keys option after
pressing INSERT+V.
*	When you move by word through the edit fields of a form using
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW or CTRL+LEFT ARROW, JAWS correctly announces the entire
word instead of the first character of the word.
*	JAWS no longer double speaks when moving through items in edit combo
boxes in Word 2003 documents.
*	JAWS will now turn off table coordinates for braille in Word tables.

*	JAWS correctly announces color information for text and borders in
Word 2007 documents.
*	When a table contains only one column, JAWS now announces
information about the table when the document window gains focus.
*	When typing in the edit field of the Bookmarks dialog box in Word
2007, JAWS no longer reads text from the beginning to the current cursor
position as you type characters in the edit field.
*	In JAWS 10, you can once again type accented characters in a Word
document.
*	When you select a text box in Word, the cursor now appears in the
top left corner and is ready to read.
*	When you use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to read a Word document by
line, JAWS no longer announces "new line" when you reach the end of the
current line.
*	JAWS now speaks the correct message when using the Find Next
(CTRL+PAGE DOWN) and Find Prior commands (CTRL+PAGE UP) for bookmarks and
objects.
*	When moving by line using the UP or DOWN ARROW in a Word form, JAWS
no longer announces form fields twice.

Mozilla Firefox

*	Now, when running GmailT in Firefox 3.0.5, JAWS correctly announces
edit instead of frame when you navigate into the edit fields of a Gmail
message header.
*	JAWS now recognizes screen controls for subscribing to RSS feeds
when using Firefox. You can correctly use the TAB to navigate between RSS
feed controls without having to toggle off the Virtual Cursor with INSERT+Z
*	JAWS now announces font attributes when you press INSERT+F while
using Gmail to create an e-mail message.
*	When you save a Web page using Firefox, JAWS no longer echoes the
word and sentence as you are typing individual characters.
*	JAWS correctly reads combo boxes that appear in Firefox controls.
*	JAWS can now locate and use the Flash player buttons when playing
sample audio in an audio book at audible.com.
*	In the Skim Reading dialog box, JAWS will read the New item in the
Rules History combo when it gains focus.

Mozilla Thunderbird

*	JAWS will now enter Forms Mode when you navigate to the message body
window in a new e-mail message.
*	When you press TAB to move into the body of an e-mail message, the
Virtual Cursor turns off so that you can type text.

Windows Live Messenger

*	JAWS now announces incoming conversations, requests, and history
information for Windows Live Messenger.

Download JAWS 10

The following briefly describes how to download and install the JAWS 10
release.
1.	Select the appropriate FTP or HTTP download link that appears at the
end of this procedure.
2.	When the dialog box opens, choose Save and select a location where
you can easily find the downloaded executable file.
3.	Run the executable and follow the talking installer.
Note: If your corporate firewall prevents you from downloading files using
FTP (File Transfer Protocol), use the HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
links instead.
*	JAWS
<ftp://ftp.freedomscientific.com/users/hj/private/WebFiles/JAWS/J10.0.1139.e
xe>  10.0.1139 32-bit - March 2009 English (80.7 MB - FTP download)
*	JAWS
<http://files.freedomscientific.com/WebFiles/JAWS/J10.0.1139.exe>  10.0.1139
32-bit - March 2009 English (80.7 MB - HTTP download)
*	JAWS
<ftp://ftp.freedomscientific.com/users/hj/private/WebFiles/JAWS/J10.0.1139_X
64.exe>  10.0.1139 64-bit - March 2009 English (84.1 MB - FTP download)
*	JAWS
<http://files.freedomscientific.com/WebFiles/JAWS/J10.0.1139_X64.exe>
10.0.1139 64-bit - March 2009 English (84.1 MB - HTTP download)
*	JAWS
<http://www.freedomscientific.com/downloads/jaws/JAWS-MAGic-usb-drive.asp#do
wnload>  10.0.1139 USB Thumb Drive Downloads
*	JAWS
<http://www.freedomscientific.com/downloads/jaws/JAWS-MAGic-usb-drive.asp>
USB Thumb Drive FAQs
*	Non-Tandem
<http://www.freedomscientific.com/downloads/jaws/JAWS-no-tandem.asp>  builds

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Michael P. Hooks,  M.S. Ed.
Next Level Assistive Technology
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Vancouver, WA 98685
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