Here's what works for me: ftp://ftp.freedomscientific.com/users/hj/private/WebFiles/JAWS/j451131patch.exe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fazil M." <urdu786@xxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 9:52 PM Subject: Re: JAWS 4.51.131 Features Hi. I am unable to get this ftp link: ftp://ftp.freedomscientific.com/users/hj/private/beta/JAWS451131Patch.exe did anybody get that? Thanks! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Armond Sooksians" <armond@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 11:06 AM Subject: JAWS 4.51.131 Features > Hi All, > I'm not sure this information are correct. I found them on Yahoo. I think > that you may find them useful: > The following information from Eric Damery will clarify what issues the > patch for Jaws 4.51 addressed. This information will be posted to the > Freedom Scientific website at a later time, hopefully later this week. > During the development of JAWS 5.0, we solved many problems that have been > in JAWS since 4.51 and even earlier in some cases. While I wish we could > always add fixes back into earlier versions, it is not so simple in most > cases so we don't often get to post fixes for versions of software that > were released 8 to 10 months earlier. > With the release of JAWS 5.0, we have decided to go back and make several > fixes to 4.51 version. These problems were significant enough issues, that > we did not want our 4.51 customers feeling that they had to upgrade to get > these fixes. The fixes provided, and the link for the patch are outlined > below. > Regards, > Eric Damery > Vice President > Product Management Software > Freedom Scientific, Inc. > Note that you should have JAWS 4.51.119 already installed before executing > the self extracting installer of the patch. That patch can be found at: > ftp://ftp.freedomscientific.com/users/hj/private/beta/JAWS451131Patch.exe > Fixes: > 1. There were certain web pages that when accessed with JAWS 4.51, could > cause your JAWS Screen Reader to be unloaded without any explanation. This > has been resolved for 5.0 and is included in the patch for 4.51. > 2. There were reports from many users that JAWS would become sluggish > after a period of time and cause you to have to reboot your system in > order to continue using it. This happened most often in Windows XP and > especially if you were using Internet Explorer in Windows XP. Note that it > did not happen on all systems. This is solved for 5.0 and included in the > patch for 4.51. > 3. There were many reports of users pressing up or down arrow to navigate > through a document in Word or maybe an email message and JAWS would say > blank or maybe read the previous line. If you were reading with a Braille > Display or did a say line at that point, you would find that in fact JAWS > was on the expected line. This problem was tied to timing and scrolling > documents and should be resolved in both JAWS 5.0 and in 4.51 using this > patch. > 4. We solved some of the reported problems related to disappearing text in > MS Word documents during the JAWS 5.0 cycle and have included those > changes for 4.51 patch also. > Also, I still cannot use the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia with JAWS > 5.0. Are there any new scripts? > Best regards, > Armond. > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.