For the jaws users on the list ----- Original Message ----- From: News Wire To: evans-lynn@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 2:26 AM Subject: ACCESSIBLE WORLD TEK TALK PRESENTS ERIC DAMERY TO DISCUSS AND DEMONSTRATE JAWS FOR WINDOWS13, OCT. 17, 2011 ACCESSIBLE WORLD TEK TALK PRESENTS ERIC DAMERY TO DISCUSS AND DEMONSTRATE JAWS FOR WINDOWS13, OCT. 17, 2011 NEWSWIRE: JAWS for Windows 13 is scheduled for release at the end of October, >2011. It is full of rich new features which should be of great help >to our many users. For instance, Convenient OCR, gives users an option to attempt to read text presented as a graphic, which was otherwise, previously in accessible. ResearchIt now offers results in an HTML Viewer making it easier to navigate and lets the user return to the results after moving focus to another window. Sports scores and schedules will also return to ResearchIt for JAWS 13. INSERT+V JAWS Options has been replaced with a Settings Center style solution making it easier to search and even lets the user define the persistence of the settings. <http://www.freedomscientific.com/FSCast/default.asp>September FSCast offers a demonstration and discussion on many of the new features which users can try out in the <http://www.freedomscientific.com/downloads/jaws/JAWS-public-beta.asp>public beta today. Presenter: Eric damery, Vice president of Software Product management E-Mail: edamery@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Monday,October 17, 2011 Time: 5:00 PM PDT, 6:00 PM MDT, 7:00 PM CDT, 8:00 PM EDT and elsewhere in the world Tuesday 00:00 GMT Approximately 15 minutes prior to the event start time; go to The Pat Price Tek Talk Training Room at: http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2 Or, alternatively. Select The Pat Price Tek Talk Training Room at: www.accessibleworld.org Enter your first and last names on the sign-in screen. All Tek Talk training events are recorded so if you are unable to participate live at the above times then you may download the presentation or podcast from the Tek Talk archives on our website at www.accessibleworld.org If you are a first-time user of the Talking Communities online conferencing software, there is a small, safe software program that you need to download and then run. A link to the software is available on every entry screen to the Accessible World online rooms. All online interactive programs are free of charge, and open to anyone worldwide having an Internet connection, a computer, speakers, and a sound card. Those with microphones can interact audibly with the presenters and others in the virtual audience or text chat with the attendees. To speak to us, hold down the control key and talk; then let up to listen. Accessible World uses News Wires, like this one, to inform people of the topic and times for the many Discussion Groups on Accessible World. The lists are announce only to keep the traffic to a minimum. You can join the Accessible World Announce List, the Tek Talk Announce List or the Sports Talk Announce List by completing the form at: www.accessibleworld.org/mailinglists Accessible World also provides a Tek Talk Discussion List. This list is intended to give you an opportunity to ask computer related questions, suggest topics to be used in the weekly Monday training programs, or just to interact with others interested in using assistive devices to access computers. You may sign up for this list by selecting the Tek Talk Discussion link on the same page and completing the form. Accessible World Contacts: Robert Acosta, Chair Accessible World 818-998-0044 Email: boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx Web: www.helpinghands4theblind.org Marcia Moses, Events Coordinator Accessible World 734-495-1496 Email: mgmoses@xxxxxxxxxxx Steve Hoffman, President Talking Communities Email: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The Accessible World, a division of Helping Hands For The Blind, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, seeks to educate the general public, the disabled community and the professionals who serve them by providing highly relevant information about new products, services, and training opportunities designed specifically to eliminate geographic and access barriers that adversely affect them -- If you no longer wish to receive any more announcements from the Accessible World announce list service, you may unsubscribe, edit your preferences or forward this email by using one of the links below. Unsubscribe: this link Update your preferences or unsubscribe: this link Forward a Message to Someone: this link