I hope full unicode support really means that it can work with more languages, not like Jaws that speaks foreign special chars as english chars. Octavian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <uaccess-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:10 PM Subject: Window-Eyes public beta released with powerful scripting capability > -- Forwarded Message -- > From: gw-news@xxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:33 PM > Subject: Window-Eyes 7.0 Beta 1 Is Now Available! > > After much anticipation, Window-Eyes 7.0 Beta 1 is now available. > Window-Eyes 7.0 Beta 1 offers the latest advancements in screen reading > technology, including full Unicode support, new scripting functionality, > web browsing enhancements, a new synthesizer, and much more. > > Full Unicode support means the ability to work with more international > languages. Web browsing enhancements mean easier navigation between > controls, and the ability to add placemarkers that can remember places on > a webpage even when the webpage changes. ECI Eloquence 6.1 is now > available as yet another speech option. Other enhancements like speed > increases for list views, the system tray, and error reporting, being able > to increase and decrease the speech rate during read to end, new options > for keyboard voice interruptability, and numerous bug fixes make > Window-Eyes 7.0 Beta 1 a welcome update. > > The most notable enhancement in Window-Eyes 7.0 Beta 1, however, is > scripting. Window-Eyes scripting is unparalleled in its design and > implementation. Rather than require a scripter to learn a proprietary > language, Window-Eyes 7.0 Beta 1 allows a scripter to choose from a number > of standard computer languages for writing scripts. This means that more > people will be able to take advantage of Window-Eyes scripting, and > ultimately more accessibility to more software applications. Access all > Window-Eyes features and settings, all operating system windows and > properties, create custom accessible dialogs for user interaction with > power and ease, and more. > > To make scripts easily accessible and encourage script development, GW > Micro has created a centralized script repository called Script Central > (www.gwmicro.com/sc). Script Central provides script developers with the > tools to distribute their scripts, and provides scripts users the tools to > download, comment, rate and track favorite scripts. The GW Micro forums > (www.gwmicro.com/forum) have also been enhanced for general script > discussions, script requests, script announcements, and much more. While > we encourage everyone to take advantage of Script Central, Window-Eyes > scripts can be hosted anywhere and distributed by anyone. > > Read more about all of the features Window-Eyes 7.0 Beta 1 has to offer, > and download your copy, at www.gwmicro.com/beta. > > > ---------- > > -- Forwarded Message -- > > From: gw-news@xxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:41 PM > Subject: Window-Eyes 7.0 Beta 1 - Default Installed Scripts > > Greetings, > > Window-Eyes 7.0 Beta 1 includes four script packages, automatically > installed for your convenience, that demonstrate the power Window-Eyes > scripting provides to enhance your daily computing experience. The > information for each script below is also found in the script's help and > options. You can access a script's help and options by opening the Script > Manager dialog (from the Manage Sets and Scripts pull down in the > Window-Eyes File menu), selecting the script you're interested in, then > selecting the Help and Options button (or pressing the Help and Options > button shortcut, H). > > GW Toolkit > > The GW Toolkit script provides a collection of commonly used shared > objects for use with other scripts, such as providing consistent help > information, managing hotkeys, and much more. The rest of the scripts > listed below require the GW Toolkit script's functionality. You can read > more about the objects contained in the GW Toolkit by reading through the > gwtoolkit.chm Help file, installed automatically to your user profile > directory. > > AutoComplete > > AutoComplete provides announcement of inline autocompleted text and > suggestion list items in supported combo edit boxes, such as those in the > Start Menu's Run dialog, standard file save and open dialogs, and many > other areas. > > To disable the speaking of inline autocompleted text, select the "Do Not > Speak" radio button. To speak only the text that autocompleted, select the > "Speak Completed Text" radio button. To speak the entire line (i.e. > what has been typed plus the text that autocompleted), select the "Speak > Entire Line" radio button. > > To hear an index of the number of suggestions provided in the suggestion > popup list, check the "Speak Suggestion Index" check box. To hear the > first item in the suggestion list spoken, check the "Speak First > Suggestion" check box." > > If toggling the "Enable Inline Autocomplete" check box does not work, you > can always verify this setting manually by toggling the "Use inline > AutoComplete" check box under the Advanced tab of the Internet Options > control panel. > > Note that the suggestion popup list does not have anything selected by > default. To select the first item (the same item spoken if the "Speak > First Suggestion" option is enabled), press the Down Arrow. > > LVNav > > The lvnav script is designed to allow you to virtually navigate a > listview. You can use the insert arrows to virtually move through the > rows and columns in the listview. Insert-Home and Insert-End move to the > beginning and end of a row while Control-Insert-Home and > Control-Insert-End move to the top and bottom of a column. You can also > use Alt-1 through Alt-0 to read columns 1 through 10. If you want to set > focus to the virtual item you are on use Insert-Enter. If you want to set > focus to the virtual item and add it to the current selection use > Control-Insert-Enter. This script can be loaded globally to be available > for all listviews or in a specific application to only be available for > listviews within that application. > > Progress Indicator > > This script is designed to get you immediate feedback on the status of > progress bars in the active window. There are two types of progress bars. > The main progress bar contains a visual indicator as to the progress > giving sighted users a percentage from 0 to 100. Marquee bars are similar > but they dont give a percentage. Instead they just give a sighted user an > indication that progress is being made. This script gives you the ability > to monitor both types independently. > > Virtual View > > Virtual View displays a text view of any window. To include graphic > labels, check the Include Labeled Graphics option. To include the window > type where the text came from, check the Include Window Types check box. > To prompt for the window to retrieve the text from, check the Always Ask > for Window Type check box. Virtual View also offers several quick keys for > accessing the dialog where the text originated. For example, if a button > called Close exists in the dialog where you obtained the virtual view > from, you can place your cursor on the word close, and press the letter L > to close the Virtual View dialog, and click the close button -- all in one > key stroke. In addition to L for Single Left Click, other commands are: R > for Single Right Click, D for Double Left Click, M for Middle Click, P for > Route Mouse, and F for Focus Control. You can also use Control-F to search > for text in the Virtual View edit box, as well as F3 to find the next > occurrence of the last string searched for. > > -- > To insure that you receive proper support, please include all past > correspondence (where applicable), and any relevant information pertinent > to your situation when submitting a problem report to the GW Micro > Technical Support Team. > > Aaron Smith > GW Micro > Phone: 260/489-3671 > Fax: 260/489-2608 > WWW: http://www.gwmicro.com > FTP: ftp://ftp.gwmicro.com > Technical Support & Web Development > The gw-news list is an announce only list used for GW Micro news and > product information. > > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind