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

[David Goldfield]

I am really thrilled that these scripts exist.  I have not only switched 
from IE to Firefox but I have also begun using Thunderbird and find it 
to be a wonderful email client.  This week I've also begun playing with 
Seamonkey, which uses Mozilla code and contains a Firefox-style browser, 
email client, Web editor and chat client in one program.  I haven't used 
the chat client and have little interest in doing so, but the browser 
and email clients work very well with JAWS and NVDA.  Warning: 
Window-eyes, even version 7.2, is having some issues with Seamonkey and 
I've allerted GW Micro to this issue.  There are also portable versions 
of all of these programs which can be easily ran from a USB drive.  It 
was wonderful to be able to go to someone else's computer and, from one 
USB thumb drive, run my NVDA screen reader, check email and go on the 
Web with my personalized settings.  If anyone is interested in trying 
out Seamonkey, which is a continuation of the older Mozilla suite, you 
can get it from
www.seamonkey-project.org

All quick navigation keys should work as in IE and Firefox.  Preferences 
are found in the Eidt menu, not in the Tools menu where you'd normally 
look.  Seamonkey's preferences dialogs are very different from Firefox 
but it will make sense; NVDA has some difficulty in reading some of 
these treeview titles.  One annoying thing is that control N does not 
bring up a new message in the email client as it does in nearly every 
other email client, you use control M for new message; control N brings 
up a new browser window.  I think I'm gonna write to the Seamonkey folks 
and beg them to have ctrl-N for new message when in the email client.

Sorry to ramble, but I am really excited about these Internet Exploder 
alternatives.

David

David Andrews wrote:
>
>> 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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