[Trainer-talk] Fwd: Updated JAWS scripts for Thunderbird, Firefox, and Internet Explorer

[David Andrews]

>Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:55:27 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Jamal Mazrui <empower at smart.net>
>Subject: Updated JAWS scripts for Thunderbird, Firefox, and Internet Explorer
>
>Scripts for Thunderbird
>http://EmpowermentZone.com/tb_scr.exe
>
>or substitute the .zip extension for a manual install.
>
>Changes in version 2.6:
>
>Added more reliable and mnemonic support for querying message 
>fields, whether in a message list or body:  Alt+Shift+F for the From 
>field, Alt+Shift+T for the To field, Alt+Shift+C for the CC field, 
>Alt+Shift+B for the BCC field, and Alt+Shift+S for the subject 
>field.  When pressed twice quickly, the text is copied to the 
>clipboard.  This allows, for example, replying directly to the 
>sender of a list message by pressing Alt+Shift+F twice, pressing 
>Control+R, then pasting in the To field. Alt+0 may still be used to 
>hear all fields at once, or display them in the virtual viewer if 
>pressed twice.
>
>Added Alt+Shift+Space as a hotkey for the Web Client Utilities menu, 
>creating command consistency with the EdSharp text editor,
>http://EmpowermentZone.com/edsetup.exe
>
>and FileDir file manager,
>http://EmpowermentZone.com/dirsetup.exe
>
>Note that the 35 web client utilities are not installed with the 
>Thunderbird scripts.  The scripts just make the utilities easy to 
>access if Thunderbird is the active application.  The web client 
>utilities may be installed with the scripts for Firefox or Internet Explorer.
>
>Fixed compatibility of the script installer with 64-bit Windows 7.
>
>An audio tutorial on Thunderbird has been done by Raul Gallegos of 
>GW Micro, and is available at
>http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/audio/thunderbird_tutorial_mono_by_raul_part1.mp3
>
>
>----------
>
>Scripts for Firefox
>http://EmpowermentZone.com/FxMax.exe
>
>and Internet Explorer
>http://EmpowermentZone.com/IEMax.exe
>
>or .zip for a manual install.
>
>Changes in version 1.3:
>
>Made miscellaneous bug fixes to the routines in the Homer script 
>component (Homer.wsc), which is also separately available at
>http://EmpowermentZone.com/HomerJax.zip
>
>Changed logic to load that component only once, rather than loading 
>or unloading it each time the browser is activated or 
>deactivated.  This should minimize the situations that have resulted 
>in the message "Error loading Homer COM object!"
>
>Made changes to help ensure that all keys defined in the browser 
>scripts by Freedom Scientific are supported, e.g., JAWSKey+F8 to 
>read the IE toolbar.  Made the Copy All and Read All commands, 
>Control+F8 and Alt+F8, operate on the browser's textual view of the 
>page, rather than on the screen reader's virtual view, thus 
>eliminating meta data like "list of 5 items."
>
>Included the latest, 35 web client utilities with various fixes and 
>enhancements, a collection that is also separately available with 
>the InPy custom Python interpreter,
>http://EmpowermentZone.com/InPy.zip
>
>Added Alt+Shift+Space as a hotkey for the Web Client Utilities menu, 
>creating command consistency with other applications and script sets 
>that also use these utilities.
>
>Fixed compatibility of the script installer with 64-bit Windows 7.
>
>
>Jamal

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