[the-facts-machine] Jaws Update to 16 Beta September 30
- From: Steve <pipeguy920@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 12:28:22 -0400
BlankEnhancements in JAWS 16.0.1305 Public Beta (September 2014)
The following is a list of improvements available in this public beta
release. Note that while many customer reported enhancements are included in
this release, the following is a list of more notable changes.
JAWS
a.. New Getting Started with FSReader DAISY books are now available in
Spanish and French.
b.. The keystroke to open the Search for Commands dialog box
(INSERT+SPACEBAR, J) is now found when performing a JAWS Command Search.
c.. Resolved an issue where the Search for Commands window would not open
if focus was in a Windows 8.1 modern app.
d.. The JAWS Command Search no longer closes unexpectedly if the search
term begins with a space.
e.. The commands for opening and clearing the speech history have been
added to the JAWS Command Search.
f.. Added a new JAWS dictionary entry to ensure that JAWSKey was
pronounced correctly when using the JAWS Command Search.
g.. When using Convenient OCR to recognize a PDF document, JAWS now alerts
you if the image resolution is too low and that OCR results may be poor.
h.. If you attempt to recognize a password-protected PDF document and you
enter an invalid password, JAWS now displays a message stating that the
wrong password was entered. Previously, JAWS would only tell you that it
failed to recognize the PDF document.
i.. Convenient OCR for PDF documents containing columns as well as
documents that are not oriented right side up has been improved.
j.. JAWS performance in various edit fields, edit combos, and edit spin
boxes has been improved.
k.. When the Windows logon screen appears, JAWS now only announces the
currently selected user instead of reading all of the users with accounts on
the computer.
l.. In the Voice Adjustment dialog box, when attempting to change the
Pitch and Rate sliders, an issue was addressed where the current percentage
was not spoken each time the ARROW keys were pressed unless the percentage
actually changed. This was observed when using Vocalizer Expressive.
m.. Resolved issues with modifying voice aliases.
n.. Resolved an issue where the OK button in the Voice Adjustment dialog
box was not available after applying a change to the Eloquence voice
profile.
o.. When performing a Say All using Vocalizer Expressive, addressed a
customer reported issue where JAWS would pause at the end of a line even if
Say All was configured for Line without pauses.
p.. A customer using Eloquence reported that the same default pitch was
being used for each voice. This is now resolved.
q.. Resolved an issue with JAWS not speaking file names in the Open File
dialog box in various applications in Windows 8.1.
r.. When navigating through the list of recently installed updates in
Windows 8.1 using TAB or SHIFT+TAB, resolved an issue where JAWS would only
announce the installation date and whether or not it was successful, but not
the actual update that was installed.
s.. Updated the tutor help and screen-sensitive help (INSERT+F1) messages
for the File Explorer ribbons in Windows 8.1.
t.. Resolved issues with exiting WordPad in Windows 8.1.
u.. A customer reported that when you use ALT+CTRL+PAGE UP or
ALT+CTRL+PAGE DOWN to temporarily decrease or increase the voice rate and
then switch to another application, all voices were returned to the default
rate except the Keyboard voice. This has been resolved.
v.. Addressed a customer reported issue with speech sometimes being cut
off when using JAWS with a Plantronics headset.
IBM Lotus Notes
a.. Added support for the IBM Notes Browser Plugin.
Microsoft Excel
a.. Addressed a customer reported issue where defined column and row
headers in certain worksheets were not being read as expected.
b.. Pressing INSERT+SHIFT+S to open the context menu for managing
worksheets now works as expected in Excel 2013.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
a.. When using the Custom Label Delete All utility in the Run JAWS Manager
dialog box to delete all custom labels on a Web page, resolved an issue
where all custom labels were not being deleted as expected.
b.. When performing a JAWS Find on a Web page and nothing is found, JAWS
no longer says "search string not found" multiple times.
c.. Resolved an issue where pressing INSERT+UP ARROW in a password edit
field after you entered a password was not speaking the asterisks as
expected. This made it look like the field was empty.
d.. Updated the hot key help (INSERT+H) to include the Navigation Quick
Key SLASH for moving to the next clickable element on a Web page. This was
also addressed for hot key help in Firefox.
Microsoft Lync
a.. Addressed a customer reported issue with the Microsoft Lync
application where messages typed into the chat window were not being spoken
or shown in braille.
b.. When initiating a conversation in Lync 2013, resolved an issue where
JAWS behaved as if a menu was open, making it difficult to access the
conversation window.
Microsoft Office
a.. Addressed an issue with JAWS not announcing the prompts for various
spin boxes in Office ribbons.
b.. Resolved an issue where JAWS was not always announcing the prompts for
edit fields in the Info tab of the ribbon.
c.. Resolved issues with backstage view items in Office 2013 being spoken
multiple times and not being displayed correctly in braille.
Microsoft Outlook
a.. Addressed a reported issue with Outlook unexpectedly closing
intermittently when attempting to open certain messages.
b.. If the JAWS or Invisible cursor is active in the message list,
resolved an issue where the command to read or spell the current word was
not working as expected.
c.. While typing in an Outlook 2013 message, resolved an issue where the
braille display would sometimes briefly show the next line and then go back
to where you were currently typing.
d.. When saving an attachment, addressed an issue where JAWS was not
speaking the contents of the File Name edit field unless INSERT+UP ARROW was
used to read the current line.
e.. In Outlook 2010, when navigating through the results in the Advanced
Search dialog box, resolved an issue where only the message status, such as
"Replied" or "Unread", was being displayed in braille.
Microsoft Word
a.. Resolved an issue with indentation levels not always being reported
correctly.
b.. If the cursor was positioned just past the last character on a line,
resolved an issue where JAWS was saying "blank" instead of reading the
current line as expected when pressing INSERT+UP ARROW.
c.. When navigating through the available fonts in the Font edit combo
box, the selected font is now displayed correctly in braille.
d.. JAWS now announces the bullets in a bulleted list even when the
Indentation option in Quick Settings is set to Indicate.
e.. When navigating between sections in a document using the S and SHIFT+S
Navigation Quick Keys, resolved an issue where the line at the section break
was read twice if the Page, Section, and Multiple Column breaks detection
option in Quick Settings was disabled.
f.. A customer reported that if the last character in a document is a
space, JAWS continued saying "space" when pressing RIGHT ARROW instead of
"blank" to signify you were on the last character. This has been resolved.
Mozilla Firefox
a.. Addressed some instances where progress bars on Web pages could not be
navigated to using the Virtual Cursor.
b.. An issue was addressed where characters in the Search edit field on
the Firefox start page were not being spoken when using LEFT or RIGHT ARROW.
c.. JAWS now properly identifies toolbars on Web pages that do not contain
buttons.
d.. JAWS now only says "selected" for items in ARIA tree views that allow
you to select more than one item.
Skype
a.. The command to read the most recent background notification
(INSERT+SPACEBAR, SHIFT+R) is now included in the layer help
(INSERT+SPACEBAR, QUESTION MARK).
For those running a 32-bit edition of Windows vista and up
ftp://ftp.freedomscientific.com/users/hj/private/WebFiles/JAWS/J16.0.1305ENU-32bit.exe
For those running a 64-bit edition of Windows Vista and up:
ftp://ftp.freedomscientific.com/users/hj/private/WebFiles/JAWS/J16.0.1305ENU-64bit.exe
Jaws 16 does not support Windows Xp.
If you think education is difficult, try being stupid !
Steve
Lansing, MI
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