[Promotion-technology] Fwd: JAWS Script Exchange 2.2 released

[David Andrews]

>Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:01:10 -0600
>To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
>From: Jamal Mazrui <empower at smart.net> (by way of David Andrews 
><dandrews at visi.com>)
>Subject: JAWS Script Exchange 2.2 released
>
>http://EmpowermentZone.com/jsxsetup.exe
>
>JAWS Script Exchange (JSX) is a free, open source application 
>intended to assist and promote the sharing of script files among 
>users of the JAWS screen reader (from freedomScientific.com).  JSX 
>facilitates both the installation and packaging of script files.  If 
>a set of script files are available in a zip archive, JSX will help 
>you install them to the appropriate JAWS folder on your 
>computer.  If you have script files you want to share with others, 
>JSX will help you package them into either a zip archive or a 
>self-installing executable.
>
>Recent changes:
>
>Miscellaneous fixes.  Added merge support for .jgf files.  During a 
>merge, if a file with the same name as a container file already 
>exists, it is now backed up with a numeric suffix, e.g., to 
>Default_01.jss.  Made JSX compatible with 64-bit Windows.  Included 
>latest version of Inno Setup. Added three optional script sets:  JFW 
>Technical, JLS Utilities, and Script Template.
>
>At the end of the installation process for the complete JSX 
>application, six script sets are now offerred.  These options are 
>unchecked by default. You can check one ore more of them to install 
>their zip archives with JSX, i.e.,
>
>BX, the Jaws toolbox, by Doug Lee
>
>HomerKit, the Homer script library and editor interface, by Jamal Mazrui
>
>JFW Technical, menu-driven inspector of Windows environment, by Michael Curran
>
>JLS Utilities, advanced alternative to JAWS home row mode, by Jim Snowbarger
>
>Script Template, a template for event-based scripting of JAWS, by Jamal Mazrui
>
>Scripts for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or 2008, by contributors 
>from the blind programming community
>
>These zip archives are stored in a zip subfolder of the JSX program 
>folder, located by default at
>C:\JSX\zip
>
>Shortcuts for installing them are included in the JSX program group 
>on the Start Menu, so they may be installed at a later point, not 
>just during installation of JSX.
>
>A shortcut and zip archive are also made available for reading full 
>documentation of JAWS, itself, in "structured text format."  These 
>are .txt files with organizational conventions that add navigational 
>benefits of .chm files (the help format installed with 
>JAWS).  EdSharp, a powerful, speech-friendly editor, recognizes 
>structured text format, and has hotkeys for efficiently searching 
>topics or navigating sections within it.  This free editor is available at
>http://EmpowermentZone.com/edsetup.exe
>
>In addition, shortcuts to open zip archives of four other 
>development tools for JAWS scripting are now included.  They are by 
>this author under the LGPL license:
>
>AppStamp, utility for updating a package from a web server
>
>HomerJax, registration-free COM server with web client and XML support
>
>IniForm, utility for creating a dialog from an ini file
>
>InPy, custom Python interpreter (including code snippets for 35 web 
>client tasks)
>
>Thus, the JSX distribution has become a powerful collection of 
>developer tools for JAWS scripting.  Free, open source contributions 
>by blind programmers provide valuable components and utilities.
>
>Jamal
>
>
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