[nfbcs] JAWS June update has support for Notepad++, PuTTY, and SecureCRT

[David Andrews]

Glen:

Thanks for this great news. While I am not a developer, I use both 
Notepad ++ aned Putty in administering the server that runs this and 
over 300 other lists, and over 40 web sites. This will help.

Dave

At 07:11 AM 6/13/2019, you wrote:
>Hi, All,
>
>Although I'm about to mention several features in terms of speech, 
>be assured that Braille supports them as well.
>
>Notepad++ is an extremely powerful open source editor for text 
>files, source code, HTML and lots of other things. It's not as fully 
>featured as an IDE like Visual Studio, but it's far more functional 
>than just plain Notepad. Starting with the June update, JAWS 
>properly supports all the expected Notepad++ editing features, 
>including contracted Braille input.
>In addition, when Notepad++ is set to display line numbers, JAWS 
>reads the number prior to the contents of each line. (This can be 
>disabled in Notepad++ Options/Preferences on the Editing page.)
>After you've enabled Notepad++ autocompletion (it's off by default), 
>JAWS will automatically read the active suggestion and allow you to 
>arrow up and down through other possibilities.
>
>PuTTY and SecureCRT are both popular terminal emulators. PuTTY is 
>open-source and free. SecureCRT is a commercial product with an 
>impressive list of features.
>JAWS support for both of these was badly broken and now works as you'd expect.
>The caret tracks correctly and newly written text is automatically spoken.
>If you're in an editor and the  auto speaking of text becomes 
>annoying, you can temporarily toggle it off with JawsKey+s. If you 
>want it off permanently, go into SettingsCenter for PuTTY or 
>SecureCRT and set ScreenEcho to something other than Speak All Text.
>
>We hope that many of you will find these features useful. If after 
>experimenting with them you find that additional functionality is 
>needed in these apps, please let us know or reach out to me directly.
>
>Thanks
>
>--Glen
>
>Glen Gordon
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