[gui-talk] JAWS 9.0 update to build 2152 being released later today

[David Andrews]

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>All,
>
>Sometime around 3 PM Eastern, the latest update 
>to JAWS 9.0 (build 2152) will be released and 
>available for all JAWS 9 customers. In order to 
>get this update, users will be able to access it 
>via the Check for Updates feature in the help 
>menu of their installed JAWS 9, download the 
>latest release from the web site and install it, 
>or download the latest JAWS demo. At the same 
>time, we will be releasing and posting a brand 
>new USB Thumb drive version of JAWS 9.0.2152.
>
>Anyone will be able to get this from the JAWS 
>Download Page as well. Users will now be able to 
>set up a thumb drive with both JAWS 9 and MAGic 11 on the same thumb drive!
>
>Regarding MAGic 11 and the latest EyeMerge, 
>there will be a new update scheduled to post on 
>Monday, April 28th. This update will also be 
>available through the Check for Updates feature 
>in the Help menu and the downloads just like JAWS.
>
>Below is the list of enhancements coming in JAWS 
>9.0.2152 since the build 552 was released in 
>February. Please distribute this to others.
>
>Regards,
>Eric Damery
>Freedom Scientific, Inc.
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>Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 Support
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>Unicode Braille Tables Update
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>The Unicode braille tables in JAWS (JBT files) 
>support multi-cell braille characters. A 
>multi-cell character is a braille character that 
>requires more than one braille cell on your 
>braille display. This feature may be of interest 
>to individuals who use math, science, and language symbols.
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>Braille Study Mode
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>Braille Study Mode is a training tool for 
>teaching and learning braille. It works 
>exclusively with Freedom Scientific PAC Mate 20- 
>and 40-cell braille displays and FOCUS 40- and 
>80-cell braille displays. When enabled, JAWS 
>will announce the braille character in a display 
>cell when you press the Cursor Routing button 
>immediately above that cell. When you press the 
>Navrow button (located behind the Cursor Routing 
>button), JAWS will announce and spell the braille word.
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>Braille Study Mode is off by default. To start it, do the following:
>    * Make sure that a PAC Mate Portable Braille 
> Display, FOCUS 40, or FOCUS 80 braille display is attached to your computer.
>    * Do one of the following:
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>        * Press CTRL+INSERT+B to open the Adjust 
> Braille Options dialog box, or
>        * Press INSERT+V to open the Adjust JAWS Options dialog box.
>    * Press S until Study Mode appears, and then 
> press SPACEBAR to toggle Study Mode on. Braille 
> Study Mode remains on until toggled off or until JAWS is restarted.
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>Braille Study Mode: On-the-Fly Access using WHIZWHEELS
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>When Braille Study Mode is off, you can always 
>press the braille display's left or right 
>WHIZWHEEL together with either a Cursor Routing 
>or Navrow button to briefly use Braille Study 
>Mode functionality. This clever operation gives 
>you the same braille information without having 
>to turn on Braille Study Mode. To use Braille 
>Study Mode on the fly, do one of the following:
>    * Press WHIZWHEEL+CURSOR ROUTING to make 
> JAWS announce the braille character in the display cell, or
>    * Press WHIZWHEEL+NAVROW to make JAWS 
> announce and spell the braille word.
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>Note: JAWS returns to normal operation after 
>announcing the braille character or word.
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>Citrix Program Neighborhood
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>JAWS 9.0 supports Citrix Program Neighborhood® 10.
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>Microsoft PowerPoint 2007
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>JAWS 9.0 now supports the creation and 
>presentation of PowerPoint 2007 slide shows in Vista and XP.
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>USB Thumb Drive Update
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>The updated USB thumb drive versions of JAWS 9.0 
>and MAGic 11.0 are now available. You can now 
>use both products together or individually on 
>the same thumb drive. In addition, the video 
>intercept tool has been consolidated to work 
>with both screen reader and screen magnification 
>applications. This tool can be downloaded and 
>stored on the thumb drive and easily executed on 
>computers where the Video intercept is not already installed.
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>Talking Mouse Support
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>The MAGic Mouse Echo feature is now available 
>when running MAGic 11.0 and JAWS 9.0 together. 
>This means that JAWS reads text that you point 
>to with the mouse. To customize this feature, 
>open the MAGic Speech menu and choose Mouse 
>Echo. Note that you will need to have the latest 
>update of MAGic 11 installed to take advantage 
>of this feature. This MAGic update is scheduled to post on April 28, 2008.
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>DAISY Book Addition
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>A new DAISY book is available. It describes how 
>to create accessible forms in Microsoft Excel by 
>using input messages and hyperlinks to provide 
>useful feedback to JAWS and MAGic users.
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>The following reported items were addressed 
>during the April 2008, build 2152 update. Please 
>see the JAWS 9 Page for the complete list of 
>changes in JAWS 9 since it was first released in November 2007.
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>JAWS
>    * If you change the value of the Braille 
> Mode option from Structured to Line, JAWS now 
> maintains this option's setting when you move between different dialog boxes.
>    * Skim Reading (CTRL+INSERT+DOWN ARROW) 
> operates correctly when reading the Surf's Up! 
> – Surfing the Internet with JAWS Web page 
> tutorial on the Freedom Scientific Web site.
>    * The JAWS shared components correctly 
> update if you perform a Windows system restore 
> after updating JAWS using the Check for Updates feature.
>    * After changing the synthesizer language 
> from American English to another language, JAWS 
> now correctly echoes text in the selected 
> language as it is typed and reads text in the 
> same selected language as you navigate using ARROW keys.
>    * JAWS now states if new lines are present 
> in Word, Notepad, or WordPad documents when you 
> perform a Say All. To enable this 
> functionality, select the check box titled 
> Indicate new lines when User Reads Text 
> Containing New Line Characters. It is located 
> in the Text Processing dialog box of the Configuration Manager.
>    * JAWS correctly reads the text in the 
> Remove Scripts dialog box and no longer 
> announces incorrect messages. This dialog 
> appears when you synchronize the default script file using Script Manager.
>    * JAWS can be authorized when performing ILM 
> Authorization on a system with Windows Vista® Server.
>    * Resolved an issue where a "canvas" error 
> message was appearing in certain cases during the update process of JAWS.
>    * The SAPI 5 synthesizers recognize and 
> speak blank lines that appear in Word documents.
>    * If you select a command from the Virtual 
> Viewer (INSERT+H), such as a list of misspelled 
> words (ALT+SHIFT+L) or list of footnotes 
> (INSERT+SHIFT+F), JAWS correctly identifies the 
> selected items for multiple applications.
>    * The Language Detect Change reading option 
> for JAWS, Internet Explorer, and Word 
> configuration files is now enabled by default.
>    * The JAWS uninstall process now removes all 
> files from the JAWS User Settings folder when 
> the user selects this option during an uninstall.
>    * JAWS no longer applies the wrong Eloquence 
> voice settings, such as person, rate, pitch and 
> so on, when you switch between different languages using CTRL+WINDOWS KEY+L.
>    * The default synthesizer setting no longer 
> changes when you temporarily switch from an 
> Eloquence voice to a SAPI 5 voice using CTRL+INSERT+S.
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>.NET Applications Complied with Visual Studio 2005
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>    * Dialog boxes created using Visual Studio 
> 2005, will now read correctly when using the INSERT+B command.
>    * When moving in dialogs that contains 
> GroupBoxes, INSERT+TAB will now report 
> information about that control. Also, any 
> AccessibleName or AccessibleDescription tags 
> associated with the GroupBox will be spoken as well.
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>Adobe Acrobat
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>    * MAGic now correctly highlights the cursor 
> location when you use the ARROW keys to 
> navigate around a PDF file while running JAWS and MAGic together.
>    * After reading a table in an Acrobat 
> document, JAWS correctly reads the remainder of 
> the file when using the DOWN ARROW to continue 
> reading down the page. JAWS no longer announces 
> blank and rereads the table contents as in previous releases.
>    * JAWS correctly announces blank if you 
> enter a blank table cell in a PDF document.
>    * JAWS correctly announces items just once 
> as you move through the Navigation tabs in a PDF document.
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>AOL Instant Messenger
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>    * JAWS reads emoticon graphics using both speech and braille.
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>Microsoft Internet Explorer
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>    * JAWS runs correctly with the Web site www.thehindu.com.
>    * JAWS correctly reads headings in pages 
> created using the Movable Type blogging platform.
>    * When pressing the Navigation Quick Key D 
> while viewing a Web page, JAWS correctly 
> announces and moves to the next element every time.
>    * JAWS now announces and moves to the next 
> button on a Web page when you press B.
>    * The Move to Prior Anchor keystroke (SHIFT+A) works correctly.
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>Microsoft Office
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>    * When navigating through the Options dialog 
> box of an Office 2007 application, JAWS now 
> correctly reads all dialog controls.
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>Microsoft Outlook
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>    * Resolved a reported Outlook issue where 
> JAWS did not read the correct task priority 
> when it was changed from low to high.
>    * The localized German version of JAWS now 
> recognizes and correctly reads words with 
> umlauts when using the Outlook calendar.
>    * JAWS only announces once, instead of three 
> times, the contexts of combo boxes in Outlook's Find dialog box.
>    * After inserting a signature into an e-mail 
> message, JAWS now returns focus to the message 
> window instead of the Signature button submenu.
>    * JAWS moves its focus to the correct field 
> if you copy text from an e-mail message that 
> you are composing, and then press SHIFT+TAB to 
> move from the message window to the Subject field.
>    * As you navigate through folders in 
> Outlook, JAWS now announces the number of unread messages in each folder.
>    * Fixed a reported issue in Outlook where 
> subject field text containing an ampersand (&), was not being read correctly.
>    * JAWS now announces the status of the check 
> boxes for Automatic Formatting rules in Outlook 2007 Calendar.
>    * You can successfully forward Yahoo! Group messages.
>    * JAWS announces all submenus when using Outlook 2007 Calendar.
>    * JAWS properly moves its focus to the 
> Reminder dialog box when you press 
> INSERT+WINDOWS KEY+R. In addition, JAWS 
> announces the title of the Reminder dialog box when it gains focus.
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>Microsoft PowerPoint
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>    * JAWS no longer reads the last slide that 
> is shown after you close a PowerPoint presentation.
>    * JAWS reads the text in the Notes pane of a 
> slide when using the UP and DOWN ARROWS.
>    * When in Edit mode, JAWS now reads the 
> selected text in a slide when you press CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW.
>    * When editing text in a slide's Title 
> Placeholder box, JAWS correctly announces text 
> and deleted characters. This resolves an issue 
> with caret tracking in PowerPoint slides.
>    * While using the LEFT and RIGHT ARROWS to 
> move through lines of text in a placeholder 
> box, JAWS no longer announces blank when it encounters a space between words.
>    * JAWS announces character echo correctly 
> and no longer says blank when using BACKSPACE to delete text.
>    * JAWS correctly reads numbered list when 
> using the UP and DOWN ARROWS to scroll through the list while in Edit mode.
>    * JAWS correctly announces characters when 
> you press INSERT+UP ARROW twice quickly to 
> spell the current line or press NUMPAD 5 twice 
> quickly to say the current character phonetically.
>    * The Say All command (INSERT+DOWN ARROW) 
> operates correctly when editing a slide.
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>Microsoft Word
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>    * When the Page, Section, and Multiple 
> Column Breaks option is off in Microsoft Word, 
> JAWS no longer announces any page breaks that 
> are manually inserted in a Word document. This 
> is the proper operation for this configuration.
>    * JAWS correctly detects comments, 
> footnotes, and endnotes after you change the 
> Comments, Footnotes, and Endnotes Detection option from On+Count to On.
>    * JAWS now recognizes bullets in Word 
> documents when you set the Eloquence 
> synthesizer to a language other than American English or British English.
>    * The WordClassic scheme is new to the 
> Speech and Sounds Manager in Word. It is the 
> default scheme. In a document containing 
> superscript and subscript text, JAWS now 
> ignores and no longer says the words 
> superscript or subscript when announcing this text.
>    * JAWS no longer announces blank when you 
> use the Navigation Quick Key C to move to the next comment in a Word document.
>    * There is no longer a noticeable delay when 
> you navigate by TAB or SHIFT +TAB through a 
> Word document or when you perform a Say All.
>    * Resolved a Word issue where JAWS was not 
> announcing tab and paragraph marker characters.
>    * JAWS now announces blank if you try to 
> move to the next paragraph or item (CTRL+DOWN 
> ARROW) when you are at the end of the document.
>    * When the Non-Breaking Symbols Indication 
> option is enabled in Word, JAWS correctly 
> announces any non-breaking spaces encountered when reading the document.
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>Mozilla Firefox
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>    * JAWS no longer announces the message Read 
> Only when moving through items such as combo 
> boxes, tree views, and edit boxes or when opening Web pages using Firefox.
>    * JAWS is compatible with Firefox 3 beta.
>    * The PC Cursor no longer becomes active 
> when you select Firefox from the Window List dialog box (INSERT+F10).
>    * Headings that are also links on Web pages 
> are now properly identified in braille when the 
> Braille Mode option is set for Structured mode.
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>Mozilla Thunderbird
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>    * JAWS correctly identifies command submenus 
> when navigating up or down in the Thunderbird menu bar.
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>Notepad
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>    * JAWS correctly announces number-letter 
> combinations when navigating by word through a Notepad file.
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>Sun Java
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>    * A temporary loss of speech no longer 
> occurs after selecting a command from the menu 
> bar in a Java application. Previously, you had 
> to refresh the screen (INSERT+ESC) to regain speech.
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>Winamp
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>    * Shuffle mode now toggles on or off when 
> your press the letter S while in the Winamp 
> playlist editor of the Winamp Classic or Winamp Modern skins.
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>Windows Explorer
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>    * Fixed a reported issue in Windows Explorer 
> where file names that contained an ampersand 
> (&), were not being read correctly.
>End of list.

David Andrews and white cane Harry.