JAWS 12.0.1158 English Update has posted as a ReleaseCandidate
- From: "David" <davidwhitehead1957@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:28:05 -0400
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From: "Eric Damery" <Edamery@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [JAWS-Users] JAWS 12.0.1158 English Update has posted as a
ReleaseCandidate
> Hello JAWS List,
>
>
>
> We have been working for months on an update for JAWS 12 which includes
> a great deal of work in the area of IE 9, Excel, Java 64 bit, Visual
> Studio, Thunderbird, and much more. At this time, we are in the process
> of completing the final testing with the new MAGic Low Vision Keyboard
> that is scheduled to start shipping in the next week or two along with
> the MAGic 11 update. Once the testing is complete, the Automatic Updates
> feature of JAWS will be turned on for this update and all JAWS 12
> English users will get this 1158 build.
>
>
>
> In the meantime, we wanted to take this opportunity for users to get
> this build early if they would like so we have posted it as the Download
> version on our web site. I have included the details of the changes in
> the release below. I have provided the download links at the bottom of
> this message.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Eric Damery
>
> Freedom Scientific, Inc.
>
>
>
> JAWS 12 Features and Enhancements as of April 2011
>
> JAWS Support for New MAGic Large Print Keyboard
>
> The MAGic Large Print Keyboard is a new accessory that contains extra
> keys assigned to the most commonly used MAGic functions. Its large and
> contrasting letters also make it easier to type and use MAGic hot keys.
> Using the MAGic Keyboard Manager, you can assign different MAGic
> functions to these keys. For example, if you do not use dual monitors,
> you can change the Jump to Next Display key to any other feature item
> such as mute system sounds.
>
> The keyboard also allows the assignment of shortcuts to keys. With a
> shortcut, the keys can launch applications, open files on your computer
> or in a network folder, or open a favorite Web site. For example, you
> can assign the M1 key (available along the top of the MAGic Large Print
> Keyboard) to open a document that you need to regularly access.
>
> Another benefit is that you can use the keyboard with JAWS screen
> reading software. Similar to MAGic, you can assign hot keys to JAWS
> functions while also using the keyboard with or without running MAGic.
> Note that when running the two applications together, the JAWS
> functionality will override the MAGic functionality.
>
> Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Support
>
> JAWS 12 has been further enhanced for Internet Explorer 9 which is
> available for users of Windows 7 and Vista. These enhancements include
> Braille and the JAWS cursor being able to properly navigate and read
> pages. Please note that with the release of Internet Explorer 9,
> Microsoft has made significant changes which prevent commercial screen
> magnification products from smoothing fonts as we had previously. If
> font smoothing is important for users of MAGic on your computer, we
> recommend that you remain with Internet Explorer 8 on your machine until
> a solution has been worked out.
>
> Microsoft Excel Improvements
>
> The interface to the Excel Object Model has been rewritten. You will
> experience a more responsive and accurate interface to Excel.
>
> Visual Studio 2010 Professional Support
>
> Visual Studio 2010 Professional is a development environment from
> Microsoft that enables application developers to develop software using
> a wide variety of languages including C++, C#, Visual Basic.net, and
> more. JAWS 12 now provides robust support with both speech and braille
> for various areas of the Visual Studio system, including:
>
> * IntelliSense, similar to auto completion, which gives
> suggestions for what to type next based on what you have already entered
> * Editor Adornments such as bookmarks and break points
> * WPF and Forms Designers for laying out dialog boxes and other
> windows; as well as the Code, XML, Text, and Macro Editors
> * As you develop your applications, you will even be able to use
> the Debugger to step through your program to locate errors
>
> UTF-8 File Support
>
> JAWS script files now support UTF-8 format. In Script Manager, the File
> menu has the new UTF-8 Format command. When you open a UTF-8 encoded
> script file (JSS), the command has a check mark. If you open an ANSI
> encoded script file, the command does not have a check mark.
>
> You can save an ANSI encoded file as UTF-8 by simply selecting, or
> checking, the UTF-8 Format command in the File menu. Likewise, to save a
> UTF-8 formatted file as ANSI, clear, or uncheck, the command. Note that
> the script's header and message files (JSH and JSM) can be in a
> different format. This means that a UTF-8 script file can include ANSI
> header and message files or vice versa.
>
> ARIA Support
>
> Improvements continue to be made to JAWS and its support of ARIA and
> industry standard ARIA tool kits.
>
> Mozilla Thunderbird Script Support
>
> JAWS 12 includes full support for the Thunderbird e-mail application. It
> offers users an alternative to Windows Live Mail.
>
> Conversation View in Outlook 2010
>
> JAWS now supports the new conversation view found in Microsoft Outlook
> 2010. This view is different than prior versions of Outlook. The
> conversation view allows you to view all of the messages associated with
> a particular subject in one group.
>
>
>
> Enhancements in JAWS 12.0.1158 (April 2011)
>
> The following is a list of items addressed or added between the final
> JAWS 12.0.525 and the JAWS 12.0.1158 posting.
>
> JAWS
>
> * JAWS now works with Java applications under 64-bit. Users will
> need to download and install Java Access Bridge 2.02 in order to take
> advantage of this new support.
> * Virtual Ribbons now work in the thumb drive version of JAWS.
> * Worked with IBM to enhance JAWS support for Lotus Notes. Users
> will notice greatly improved functionality.
> * You can now use DOTS 1-2-4-5-7 CHORD on a Focus braille display
> to toggle the contracted braille setting between off, on for display,
> and on for input.
> * The German version of JAWS no longer leaves braille
> configuration files on the computer during an uninstall.
> * Resolved an issue where JAWS would speak the previous word while
> pressing the braille BACKSPACE command with Typing Echo set to Words and
> Contracted Braille set to Input and Output.
> * Resolved an issue with third-party braille displays where Type
> Keys Mode would not remain active when switching between applications.
> * The default for the Include Images option in Settings Center is
> now Labeled Images. This option is located in the Images / Graphics
> group under Web / HTML / PDFs.
> * Resolved an issue in the thumb drive version of JAWS 12 when
> performing non-contiguous selection in Windows Explorer. JAWS now reads
> the selected item as you navigate.
> * Resolved an issue where pressing CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+B was not
> reading the battery status when using a laptop or notebook computer.
> * Resolved a reported issue where JAWS was not correctly
> recognizing the language variants for two of the Infovox voices.
> * Resolved a customer reported issue using JAWS over a remote
> connection with Citrix Zen Desktop.
> * Resolved a customer reported issue with the JAWS Script Manager
> where documentation was not synchronizing when compiling.
> * Resolved several issues with braille translation when typing and
> displaying text in contracted braille.
> * The Text Analyzer now indicates extra spaces between words in a
> document when it encounters at least two spaces instead of three.
> * Resolved an issue where the beginning of a line in multi-line
> edit fields was sometimes not shown in braille when using JAWS and a
> Focus braille display.
> * Resolved an issue where pressing F1 in the Keyboard Manager was
> not launching Help on a 64-bit system.
> * As you navigate across the taskbar in Windows 7, the selected
> item is now shown on the braille display.
> * When using the JAWS Merge utility to merge settings from a prior
> version of JAWS to version 12, keyboard echo and contracted braille
> settings are now retained.
>
> Microsoft Internet Explorer
>
> * Pressing CTRL+INSERT+SEMICOLON to open a list of landmarks on
> the current Web page, now places you on the currently selected landmark.
> * Resolved an issue where JAWS would read the ARIA label on a list
> box instead of the currently selected item when navigating the list box.
> * Resolved an issue where pressing the braille prior line then
> braille next line commands on a braille display was not returning to the
> same line as expected.
> * Resolved several issues navigating ARIA tree views in both
> Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.
> * Resolved an issue when pressing CTRL+A to select all of the text
> in a form field, dots 7 and 8 on the braille display was not indicating
> that text was selected.
> * Resolved an issue where labels for form fields were appearing
> twice on certain Web sites.
> * Resolved an issue selecting buttons such as Delete, Move to, and
> More Actions in the standard Gmail interface using the virtual cursor.
> * JAWS now recognizes HTML 5 audio and video tags when navigating
> using the virtual cursor in Internet Explorer 9 and Firefox 4.
> * Resolved a reported issue with JAWS not reading certain buttons
> correctly when tabbing through a Web page with Auto Forms Mode off.
> * Resolved a customer reported issue where JAWS was not speaking
> the labels for radio buttons on some Web pages while in Forms Mode. For
> example, http://www.nfbnewsline.net.
> * Resolved issues in both Internet Explorer and Firefox where
> using INSERT+F7 to bring up a list of links on very large Web pages, was
> not displaying all of the links on the page.
> * Resolved a reported issue where JAWS was not correctly speaking
> elements on a Web page as they visually appeared on the page when
> Documentation Presentation Mode was set to Screen Layout.
> * Resolved an issue when attempting to add attachments to a
> Hotmail message.
> * Resolved an issue where pressing TAB on some Web pages was not
> correctly announcing OnMouseOver links.
> * Resolved an issue where JAWS was not reading the labels for some
> links. This made it difficult to know what selecting the link would do.
> * JAWS no longer speaks unlabeled graphics on Web pages.
>
> Mozilla Firefox
>
> * Updated the help information that is displayed when pressing
> INSERT+H while in Forms Mode.
> * Resolved an issue where JAWS was not speaking correctly when
> moving between list boxes with nothing selected.
> * Enhanced support for ARIA grids containing edit controls. As you
> navigate around a grid, JAWS now indicates when a cell contains an edit
> control. You can then interact with the control if this functionality is
> enabled by the developer.
> * JAWS now recognizes and will move to HTML 5 landmarks using the
> SEMICOLON and SHIFT+SEMICOLON navigation quick keys. These elements are
> supported in Firefox 4 and Internet Explorer 9.
> * JAWS now indicates if an edit field supports auto complete.
> * Resolved an issue where place markers were not being virtualized
> even when the custom page summary was configured to virtualize place
> markers when opening the Web page where they are set.
> * Resolved issues where JAWS was not listing all of the links on
> certain Web sites in the Links List dialog box (INSERT+F7).
>
> Adobe Acrobat
>
> * Resolved an issue when using the CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE UP keystroke to
> select text up by one page in a PDF document.
> * Resolved an issue where copying text to the clipboard only
> worked after selecting an entire work.
> * JAWS now correctly reads table headers in PDF documents.
> * JAWS will now read the current line when moving to a location in
> a document after selecting a link.
>
> Research It
>
> * The Stock Quotes lookup source now gives correct percentages for
> the Dow Jones and S&P.
>
> Microsoft Outlook
>
> * In Outlook 2007 or later, if you are reading an e-mail message
> that contains a graphic, JAWS no longer announces the dimensions of the
> graphic. JAWS will only read the alt text if available.
> * Resolved an issue when reading using Say All in an Outlook 2007
> or 2010 message. If you set a different synthesizer, such as SAPI 5, as
> your Say All voice, JAWS would continue to use your primary Synthesizer
> instead of the voice you selected.
> * Resolved an issue in Outlook 2010 where pressing F6 would not
> work correctly after performing a search and the Virtual Ribbon is
> enabled.
>
> Microsoft Word
>
> * Resolved an issue when using Virtual Ribbons and first letter
> navigation on the Upper Ribbon. For example, in Word 2010, there are two
> options that start with the letter R. Pressing R when on the upper
> ribbon, now cycles between the two.
> * Resolved an issue where JAWS would announce the heading level
> twice in a Word document containing headings.
> * Creating an auto-numbered list with Contracted Braille set to
> Input and Output no longer randomly inserts text.
> * Resolved an issue in Word 2010 where the braille cursor was not
> always in the same location as the PC cursor.
> * Resolved a reported issue in Word 2007 and Word 2010 documents
> containing links where the Text Analyzer keystroke, ALT+WINDOWS Key+I,
> would not move to the next inconsistency in the document if it was
> currently on a link.
> * Resolved an issue where typing a few spaces at the beginning of
> a line could cause the braille cursor to not be in the same position as
> the PC cursor.
> * JAWS no longer gets stuck in certain documents during a Say All.
> * Resolved an issue in Word 2010 where changes made in the Adjust
> JAWS Options dialog box (INSERT+V) were not being saved even though JAWS
> announced that the settings were saved.
> * Resolved an issue where braille was not properly updating when
> moving up or down in a table.
>
> Microsoft Excel
>
> * JAWS now saves workbook specific settings the first time a JSI
> file is created using the Best Match option.
> * Resolved an issue with Excel 2007 or later where JAWS failed to
> announce either the control type or the prompt text for the first
> control when opening the dialog box to edit a conditional formatting
> rule.
> * Resolved an issue where JAWS was double speaking decimal places
> in the Format Cells dialog box.
> * JAWS is now much more responsive when navigating around an Excel
> document. Users will notice major improvements especially when working
> in very large spreadsheets.
>
> Mozilla Thunderbird
>
> * Enhanced support for the Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail client.
> Users now have a usable alternative to Windows Live Mail.
> * When navigating through the message list, JAWS now announces the
> message status, such as unread, and message flags, such as important.
>
> Winamp
>
> * The keystrokes, ALT+CTRL+M, COMMA, PERIOD, and SLASH, for
> adjusting the volume in larger increments, now work correctly in Windows
> 7 64-bit.
>
> Windows Explorer
>
> * Resolved an issue where pressing INSERT+A would not read the
> address bar in Windows Explorer on Windows 7.
>
> Windows Live Messenger
>
> * Resolved a customer reported issue where JAWS was speaking each
> message twice when sending messages in Windows Live Messenger 2011.
>
> GroupWise
>
> * JAWS now reads appointment notifications while arrowing through
> the inbox in GroupWise 8.
> * Resolved an issue where JAWS did not automatically read
> auto-completed addresses.
>
>
>
> JAWS 12.0.1158 32-bit - April 2011 English (101 MB)
> <ftp://ftp.freedomscientific.com/users/hj/private/WebFiles/JAWS/J12.0.11
> 58-32bit.exe>
>
> JAWS 12.0.1158 64-bit - April 2011 English (105 MB)
> <ftp://ftp.freedomscientific.com/users/hj/private/WebFiles/JAWS/J12.0.11
> 58-64bit.exe>
>
>
>
>
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