[JAWSLite] Re: Fw: JAWS 9.0 update to build 2152 English Version being released later today!

On the subject of updates, I used to be one of the first to download new 
versions.  Perhaps as I get older and see more and more busts in new releases, 
I'm less enthusiastic about new releases.
Version 8 seemed to offer nothing of any value over 7.2.  Version 9, with 
improved Citrix support, looked useful.  Then came all the reports of disasters.
I suspect some of those disasters can be linked to FS's attempt to make the 
product work with Microsoft's Vista, the king of disasters.


-----Original Message-----
>From: Lauren Merryfield <lauren1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Apr 25, 2008 12:40 AM
>To: jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: Fw: JAWS 9.0 update to build 2152 English Version 
>being released later today!
>
>Hi,
>I've heard troubling things about version 9, so I'm still on version 8.
>Thanks
>Lauren
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Rick Harmon 
>  To: jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>  Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 7:37 PM
>  Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: Fw: JAWS 9.0 update to build 2152 English Version 
> being released later today!
>
>
>  Support for the beta of IE8, fixes to office 2007 problems and other fixes 
> here and there.  It's not a huge update but probably worth installing I'd 
> say.  It's installed here on both my XP and Vista machine and all seems ok so 
> far.
>
>  Rick
>
>    ----- Original Message ----- 
>    From: NANCY M HILL 
>    To: jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>    Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:22 PM
>    Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: Fw: JAWS 9.0 update to build 2152 English Version 
> being released later today!
>
>
>    Rick,
>
>    It talks so much about the Braille updates...for which I am glad for the 
> Braille users, what does this update  do that isn't Braille related?
>
>    Thanks for helping me understand.
>
>    Nancy
>
>    girlyscream@xxxxxxxxxxx
>      ----- Original Message ----- 
>      From: Rick Harmon 
>      To: jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>      Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 4:11 PM
>      Subject: [JAWSLite] Fw: JAWS 9.0 update to build 2152 English Version 
> being released later today!
>
>
>      Was asked to pass this along:
>
>      Rick
>
>      ----- Original Message ----- 
>      Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 3:38 PM
>      Subject: FW: JAWS 9.0 update to build 2152 English Version being 
> released later today!
>
>
>      Hi Rick,
>      I know that people on the lists are finding the build now and 
> downloading it, I also want to make sure that people get the write up about 
> it which they often over look. I extracted the changes since build 552 out of 
> the What's New Page and posted below. If you can, please post to the JAWS 
> user list.
>      Regards,
>      Eric 
>
>       Below is the list of enhancements coming in JAWS 9.0.2152 since the 
> build 552 was released in February. 
>
>      Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 Support
>      Unicode Braille Tables Update
>      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. 
>
>      Braille Study Mode
>      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.
>
>      Braille Study Mode is off by default. To start it, do the following:
>
>        1.. Make sure that a PAC Mate Portable Braille Display, FOCUS 40, or 
> FOCUS 80 braille display is attached to your computer. 
>        2.. Do one of the following: 
>
>
>          a.. Press CTRL+INSERT+B to open the Adjust Braille Options dialog 
> box, or 
>          b.. Press INSERT+V to open the Adjust JAWS Options dialog box. 
>        3.. 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. 
>      Braille Study Mode: On-the-Fly Access using WHIZWHEELS 
>      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:
>
>        a.. Press WHIZWHEEL+CURSOR ROUTING to make JAWS announce the braille 
> character in the display cell, or 
>        b.. Press WHIZWHEEL+NAVROW to make JAWS announce and spell the braille 
> word. 
>      Note: JAWS returns to normal operation after announcing the braille 
> character or word.
>
>      Citrix Program Neighborhood 
>      JAWS 9.0 supports Citrix Program Neighborhood® 10. 
>
>      Microsoft PowerPoint 2007
>      JAWS 9.0 now supports the creation and presentation of PowerPoint 2007 
> slide shows in Vista and XP.
>
>      USB Thumb Drive Update
>      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.
>
>      Talking Mouse Support
>      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.
>
>      DAISY Book Addition 
>      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. 
>
>
>
>      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.
>
>      JAWS
>
>        a.. 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. 
>        b.. 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. 
>        c.. The JAWS shared components correctly update if you perform a 
> Windows system restore after updating JAWS using the Check for Updates 
> feature. 
>        d.. 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. 
>        e.. 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. 
>        f.. 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. 
>        g.. JAWS can be authorized when performing ILM Authorization on a 
> system with Windows Vista® Server. 
>        h.. Resolved an issue where a "canvas" error message was appearing in 
> certain cases during the update process of JAWS. 
>        i.. The SAPI 5 synthesizers recognize and speak blank lines that 
> appear in Word documents. 
>        j.. 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. 
>        k.. The Language Detect Change reading option for JAWS, Internet 
> Explorer, and Word configuration files is now enabled by default. 
>        l.. The JAWS uninstall process now removes all files from the JAWS 
> User Settings folder when the user selects this option during an uninstall. 
>        m.. 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. 
>        n.. The default synthesizer setting no longer changes when you 
> temporarily switch from an Eloquence voice to a SAPI 5 voice using 
> CTRL+INSERT+S. 
>      .NET Applications Complied with Visual Studio 2005 
>        a.. Dialog boxes created using Visual Studio 2005, will now read 
> correctly when using the INSERT+B command. 
>        b.. 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. 
>      Adobe Acrobat
>        a.. 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. 
>        b.. 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. 
>        c.. JAWS correctly announces blank if you enter a blank table cell in 
> a PDF document. 
>        d.. JAWS correctly announces items just once as you move through the 
> Navigation tabs in a PDF document. 
>      AOL Instant Messenger
>        a.. JAWS reads emoticon graphics using both speech and braille. 
>      Microsoft Internet Explorer
>        a.. JAWS runs correctly with the Web site www.thehindu.com. 
>        b.. JAWS correctly reads headings in pages created using the Movable 
> Type blogging platform. 
>        c.. When pressing the Navigation Quick Key D while viewing a Web page, 
> JAWS correctly announces and moves to the next element every time. 
>        d.. JAWS now announces and moves to the next button on a Web page when 
> you press B. 
>        e.. The Move to Prior Anchor keystroke (SHIFT+A) works correctly. 
>      Microsoft Office
>        a.. When navigating through the Options dialog box of an Office 2007 
> application, JAWS now correctly reads all dialog controls. 
>      Microsoft Outlook 
>        a.. Resolved a reported Outlook issue where JAWS did not read the 
> correct task priority when it was changed from low to high. 
>        b.. The localized German version of JAWS now recognizes and correctly 
> reads words with umlauts when using the Outlook calendar. 
>        c.. JAWS only announces once, instead of three times, the contexts of 
> combo boxes in Outlook's Find dialog box. 
>        d.. After inserting a signature into an e-mail message, JAWS now 
> returns focus to the message window instead of the Signature button submenu. 
>        e.. 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. 
>        f.. As you navigate through folders in Outlook, JAWS now announces the 
> number of unread messages in each folder. 
>        g.. Fixed a reported issue in Outlook where subject field text 
> containing an ampersand (&), was not being read correctly. 
>        h.. JAWS now announces the status of the check boxes for Automatic 
> Formatting rules in Outlook 2007 Calendar. 
>        i.. You can successfully forward Yahoo! Group messages. 
>        j.. JAWS announces all submenus when using Outlook 2007 Calendar. 
>        k.. 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. 
>      Microsoft PowerPoint
>        a.. JAWS no longer reads the last slide that is shown after you close 
> a PowerPoint presentation. 
>        b.. JAWS reads the text in the Notes pane of a slide when using the UP 
> and DOWN ARROWS. 
>        c.. When in Edit mode, JAWS now reads the selected text in a slide 
> when you press CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW. 
>        d.. 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. 
>        e.. 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. 
>        f.. JAWS announces character echo correctly and no longer says blank 
> when using BACKSPACE to delete text. 
>        g.. JAWS correctly reads numbered list when using the UP and DOWN 
> ARROWS to scroll through the list while in Edit mode. 
>        h.. 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. 
>        i.. The Say All command (INSERT+DOWN ARROW) operates correctly when 
> editing a slide. 
>      Microsoft Word 
>        a.. 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. 
>        b.. JAWS correctly detects comments, footnotes, and endnotes after you 
> change the Comments, Footnotes, and Endnotes Detection option from On+Count 
> to On. 
>        c.. JAWS now recognizes bullets in Word documents when you set the 
> Eloquence synthesizer to a language other than American English or British 
> English. 
>        d.. 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. 
>        e.. JAWS no longer announces blank when you use the Navigation Quick 
> Key C to move to the next comment in a Word document. 
>        f.. 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. 
>        g.. Resolved a Word issue where JAWS was not announcing tab and 
> paragraph marker characters. 
>        h.. 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. 
>        i.. When the Non-Breaking Symbols Indication option is enabled in 
> Word, JAWS correctly announces any non-breaking spaces encountered when 
> reading the document. 
>      Mozilla Firefox
>        a.. 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. 
>        b.. JAWS is compatible with Firefox 3 beta. 
>        c.. The PC Cursor no longer becomes active when you select Firefox 
> from the Window List dialog box (INSERT+F10). 
>        d.. Headings that are also links on Web pages are now properly 
> identified in braille when the Braille Mode option is set for Structured mode.
>
>      Mozilla Thunderbird
>        a.. JAWS correctly identifies command submenus when navigating up or 
> down in the Thunderbird menu bar. 
>      Notepad
>        a.. JAWS correctly announces number-letter combinations when 
> navigating by word through a Notepad file. 
>      Sun Java
>        a.. 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. 
>      Winamp
>        a.. 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. 
>      Windows Explorer 
>        a.. Fixed a reported issue in Windows Explorer where file names that 
> contained an ampersand (&), were not being read correctly. 
>      End of list.
>
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