[gui-talk] Update Available to Dolphin Screen Reader and Magnification Products

[Steve Pattison]

Dolphin have just released version 10.02 of Hal and their other magnification products.  A link to download the update can be found at www.yourdolphin.com/newsitem.asp?id=309.  Here is the list of changes in this version:

Internet Explorer

FIX: Issue resolved with a crash in the Hotmail composition window handling code.
FIX: Added some new code to fix some other Hotmail related problems.
FIX: Heading navigation hotkey (H to move to next heading or SHIFT + H while browsing
web pages with Hal or Supernova) was reporting blank line if the heading was a graphic.
FIX: Resolved some reported instances of Lunar and LunarPlus crashing when using
Internet Explorer.
FIX: Resolved some issues with Internet Explorer and hotmail edit area (New message).
Use CAPSLOCK + ENTER to toggle automatic forms mode, or ENTER to interact with an
edit area while not in Forms Mode.
FIX: Resolved the problems with the web page specific map file setting not working.
FIX: Some issues with creating or deleting web page specific settings have now been
resolved. Web page specific settings can be found from: Control Panel>Speech>Documents
Settings>Internet Explorer.
FIX: Fixed a reported hang on http://www.boschsecurity.se/.
FIX: Fixes some instances of Google translate web page inserting "<Dolphin Text>"
FIX: Fixed the reported lock of Dolphin software when opening the website http://www.netwerk.tv
FIX: Resolved the issue of certain pages not going into Virtual Focus.
FIX: Fixed accessibility link issue with www.Yourdolphin.com/scripts.
FIX: Resolved frame parsing issue on www.wetten.nl.

Firefox

FIX: Text nodes are now processed as they are encountered and not all at once when
the page loads. This should significantly improve load time on long pages.
NEW: Added new function to allow on-demand scanning of nodes.
NEW: Added detection of Google mail compose area as an edit area.
CHANGE: Improved text line parsing in Firefox.
CHANGE: Improved scanning of text lines Firefox.
FIX: Links list now respects "show URLs in list of links" setting, rather than always
showing URLs. Use CAPSLOCK + 1 to show list of links and CAPSLOCK + TAB to list all
elements.
FIX: Resolved some reported access problems to the GMail compose edit area.
FIX: Fixed the navigating to previous heading problems. Use SHIFT + H to move to
previous heading while in the Virtual Focus.
FIX: Implemented some minor improvements to text line parsing that prevent the possible
rescan on browser exit.
FIX: A code change to reduce the risk of the Virtual Focus becoming stuck after a
page has loaded.
FIX: Improved activation of intra-page links when excising URL already contains a
'#'.
FIX: Fixed some reported issues relating to navigation by paragraph. Use P and SHIFT
+ P to navigate to next and previous paragraph while in the Virtual Focus.
FIX: Fixed crash when typing address and blank page is displayed.
FIX: Some code changes have been implemented to reduce the number of page re-scans
required.
FIX: Resolved a crash issue when searching for nonexistent heading.
FIX: Fixed table cell index reporting.
FIX: Modified event handler code to cope with Facebook, Hotmail and GMail.
FIX: Corrected activation of links ending with '#'.
FIX: Now recognises special Hotmail compose box as an input edit area.
FIX: Resolved a crash after de-allocating text.
FIX: On connecting to a document, move to the live focus if one exists rather than
the top of the page.
FIX: Prevent Virtual Focus moving through children of a combo box when it is the
first item in a page.
FIX: Added group name to radio buttons and check button labels.
FIX: Enabled detection of Hotmail composition area as an edit area.
FIX: The developers have now prevented users tabbing to disabled controls.
FIX: Announce if a control is read-only or disabled.
FIX: v10.02 in Firefox now labels hidden controls as users would experience in Internet
Explorer.
FIX: Prevent disabled controls from being activated.
FIX: When getting a link for the list utility, check if it is hidden so this can
be displayed.
FIX: Prevent events from trying to execute when shutting down.

General

NEW: Added Welsh literary Braille tables. In Hal and Supernova choose your preferred
Braille table from Control Panel>Braille>Preferences.
NEW: The activation system now remembers previous hardware and activation codes to
allow for laptop docking and other expected hardware changes - avoiding the need
to re-activate every time.
NEW: Script hotkey and action functions can now be tested for specific area types
or filters.
FIX: Resolved a report issue in MS Word where the range for the end of the current
line was being set to the end of the document. This had resulted in lock ups and
should now perform as expected.
FIX: Fixed a memory leak when using events to hook automatic output.
FIX: Developers have removed the delay between the screen reader detecting the start
of a new application and it loading the relevant script for it.
FIX: Resolved an issue where MS Word text was not being announced when you tabbed
between cells in a Word table.
FIX: Update code to prevent the Braille line "vanishing" when selecting text in Microsoft
Word.
FIX: Resolved the issue where certain magnification settings were being selected
incorrectly when starting up with the Supernova control panel set to menu bar mode
i.e. if you restarted Supernova then the magnification was set to split screen. Choose
the magnification mode from Control Panel>Visual>Style. Choose the Control Panel
appearance from Control Panel>Configure>Control Panel.
FIX: Resolved an known issue in Acrobat Reader where moving the Virtual Focus Physical
Up and Virtual Focus Physical Down now performs a "previous/next page" in Virtual
Focus. This is performing the same action as a Page Up/Down key press in live focus.
FIX: V10.02 provides initial support for text selection, copy and paste Virtual Focus
in Acrobat Reader. Use SHIFT + CURSOR keys to select text almost anywhere while using
Virtual Focus.
FIX: Resolved a script locking issue in Word 2003 and 2007.
FIX: Resolved a Braille issue where the information in the Windows volume track bar
was displayed in reverse order.
FIX: Resolved an additional issue where the incorrect track bar value was reported
on the Braille display when running Windows Vista.
FIX: Resolved an known problem where the script keys defined in the default script
could be overwritten by the keys defined for the current script.
FIX. Fixed a reported issue where a crash occurred setting the script hotkeys.
FIX: Scripts not being loaded for applications already running, before the screen
reader started up has now been resolved.
FIX: The reported crash when importing scripts after an Internet update has been
fixed. To update from Internet, choose the Internet Updater from Control Panel>Help>Check
for Updates.
FIX: The "Activate" menu option was not being removed even if the product was activated
in a beta version. This bug is now fixed.
FIX: The issue of the Virtual Focus "Find" operation/script function not using the
direction from the marker has now been resolved.
FIX: Fixed the problem where the events for the Default Application script were getting
the incorrect process id.
FIX: Fixed some memory leaks in the scripting system.
FIX: Script loader was failing if the .dtl file had multiple full stops in the filename.
FIX: Removed the "Launch <product> after logon" menu option from the product Control
Panel if running the Dolphin Pen. If not using the Dolphin Pen launch after log-on
can be selected from Control Panel>Configure>Miscellaneous>Launch Product after logon.
FIX: Resolved an issue where not all automatic output was being sent on to the script
event EventAutomaticSpeech.
FIX: A fix has been implemented for the possible crash when announcing text selections
in Acrobat Reader.
FIX: Resolved the reported issue where if you dragged the start-up wizard visual
effects dialogue the preview highlight moves.
FIX: The check for updates radio buttons in the start-up wizard no longer has keyboard
navigation problems.

Scripting Engine

NEW: A new "Extensions" button has been added to the "Map File Management" dialog
to show which extension scripts have been loaded for a particular script.
NEW: System.RegisterScriptKey now takes optional area type and filter parameters.
NEW: System.GetFunction now works with 'a.b' style functions.
NEW: System.GetFunction now returns a second value which contains further information
about the function.
NEW: Added System.EnumerateWindows and System.EnumerateChildWindows
NEW: Added Screenreader.OSMCommand.
NEW: Added EventScriptMSAAEvent.
NEW: Added DWORD registry setting 'ScriptDebugFunctionOutput' to control whether
function debug output is created when entering / leaving a script function.
NEW: Added AddDetectionFunction.
NEW: Scripting. Added support for EventAutomaticBraille and EventAutomaticSpeech.
NEW: Detection scripts are now called with the scan code and modifier values of the
last key pressed.
NEW: Added support for Screenreader.OSMCommand which allows the script engine to
query the off screen model directly.
NEW: Added SetAreaProperties and AddDetectionFunction call backs.
NEW: Scripters are now able to access the name of the context for an area in GetAreaProperties.
New: Added 'context' member to GetAreaProperties table.
FIX: Previously if you were hooking automatic output, attributes were being re-checked
when they should not have been. This has now been resolved.
FIX: A memory leak on script engine reload or closedown has been resolved.
FIX: A fix has been implemented for the LuaCom crash when reloading script in Microsoft
Project 2007.
FIX: A parameter bug in System.ExtractRGB has been fixed.
FIX: The code for how external call backs are handled has been improved.
FIX: The Area.GetProperties was returning an empty string for the 'tag' member in
some situations. This is now resolved.
FIX: The slider, scrollbar & trackbar states were not being reported correctly from
Area.GetState if they were zero. This is now fixed.

Script Editor Specific Changes

NEW: Auto complete fills in brackets if the function has no parameters.
NEW: Added support for user defined functions (APIUser.txt). These function definitions
are then added to the auto complete list
FIX: The crash from outputting certain characters to the debug window has been fixed.
FIX: The issue relating to only showing the revert confirmation message when the
file has been modified in the editor, has now be resolved.
FIX. The memory corruption after using auto complete to complete a line starting
with a tab has been fixed.
FIX: Code has been improved to keep the function tool tip visible (if it is showing)
when using the constant auto complete menu.
FIX: The auto complete has been modified so it doesn't try and auto complete inside
comments.
FIX: You can now focus the function list with CTRL + U.
FIX: Inserting a constant after using the auto complete would replace the current
line. This has been resolved.
FIX: v10.02 has added support for page up/down in auto complete popup.
FIX: A fix has been implemented for the colour settings that were intermittently
failing.

Regards Steve
Email:  srp at internode.on.net
Windows Live Messenger:  internetuser383 at hotmail.com
Skype:  steve1963