[the-facts-machine] Re: Jaws March Update

From: Steve <pipeguy920@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <the-facts-machine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:48:10 -0400

BlankIt might be a protected document.

But, I thought Jaws would read those in that way.

The other thing you could try is to save the .pdf -- if it will let you -- and
then
try to recognize the image using OpenBook or Kurzweil 1000.

----- Original Message -----
From: rmilliman@xxxxxxx
To: the-facts-machine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 5:11 PM
Subject: [the-facts-machine] Re: Jaws March Update

I still don't seem to be able to read PDF files when I hit my JAWS key + space
bar,
O, D

Ron, K8HSY

Dr. Ronald E. Milliman, Retired Professor of Marketing & Business Consultant

From: the-facts-machine-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<the-facts-machine-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Behalf Of Steve
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 2:35 PM
To: the-facts-machine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [the-facts-machine] Jaws March Update

Enhancements in JAWS 2019.1903.9 (March 2019)
The following is a list of improvements made in JAWS 2019 between the January
2019
update and the March 2019 update.

To download the latest release, visit the Downloads web page. You must be
logged on
as an administrator to install this software.

Picture Smart for Describing Images with JAWS and Fusion
Picture Smart allows you to choose a photo and submit it to be analyzed. A
description of the image is then displayed in the JAWS Results Viewer window.
Descriptions might include details such as the number of people in the photo,
recognizable landmarks, landscape details such as "outdoors with a blue sky and
green
grass," if there are vehicles such as automobiles or trains, and more. If there
is
text in the picture, it will OCR the text and provide that as well.

To use Picture Smart, press INSERT+SPACEBAR followed by P. Once the Picture
Smart
layer is active, the following keystrokes are available:

  a.. A - Open the Picture Smart dialog box where you can acquire an image from
a
flatbed scanner or the Freedom Scientific PEARL camera.
  b.. F - Describes the currently selected image in File Explorer. Supported
images
include BMP, JPEG, GIF, TIF, or PNG.
  c.. C - Describes an image associated with the current control. For instance,
a
graphic on a web page or in an email message.
  d.. B - Describes the contents of the Windows Clipboard if it contains an
image.
  e.. QUESTION MARK - Displays help for the Picture Smart layer.
JAWS now also creates a new PictureSmart folder which is located in your user
documents folder under My Pictures. If a single image is saved to this folder,
JAWS
will automatically submit it for analyzing and display the resulting
description.

To use Picture Smart, the "submit annonymous usage data" option must be enabled
in
Settings Center. This sends encrypted information to Freedom Scientific. The
images
from Picture Smart are then submitted to the various services (such as
Microsoft and
Google) which analyze the images and returns the descriptions back to us. These
descriptions are then displayed in the Results Viewer. If you attempt to use
Picture
Smart and this setting is off, a message displays prompting you to turn it on.

Note: Picture Smart is currently only available while in the English Language
UI of
JAWS and Fusion as the services that perform the image analysis do not
currently
support international languages for descriptions of images. For users of
localized
versions of JAWS running in versions of Windows other than English, you must
switch
the JAWS UI language to English to try out this feature. We plan to make
Picture
Smart available in more languages in the future as these services continue to
expand
to include additional languages.

Improvements With Selecting and Copying Content in Chrome
After working closely with developers at Google, we are pleased to announce
that
starting with Chrome version 74.0.3717, an update scheduled for release by
April
2019, selecting and copying text using the keyboard will now include the HTML
markup
as we have done in Internet Explorer for years. The functionality is included
for all
users of JAWS and Fusion 2019, providing the ability to copy live links, lists
of
items, and even tables from the Chrome browser and pasting them into Email
messages
or Documents without losing the formatting.

Virtual Cursor Support in PowerPoint Presentations
When you press F5 to start a slide show in PowerPoint, you can now use the
Virtual
Cursor to navigate slide content just like a web page. This enables you to do
the
following:

  a.. Navigate the slide show and read all content, including text, labeled
graphics,
and other objects.
  b.. Use TAB or SHIFT+TAB to move to links and activate them with ENTER or
SPACEBAR.
  c.. Use Navigation Quick Keys to move to various object types such as
headings.
  d.. Use the JAWS table reading keystrokes (ALT+CTRL+ARROW keys) to navigate
in
tables.
  e.. Obtain lists of objects including links, headings, tables, graphics from
a
running slide-show and be able to activate or move to the desired item in the
list.
  f.. Use the INSERT+F or INSERT+5 (on the number row) commands to check the
format
and color info of text on a slide.
Filter Consecutive Duplicate Links Now Off in Chrome and Firefox
Frequently, web page authors will create a graphical link and a text link that
appears to look the same. Visually, sighted users think of this as one link,
but it
is really two different links that point to the same location on the web. For
screen
reader users, you end up having to read the link twice with no real benefit.
For
years, to help stream line the reading experience, JAWS has offered a feature
in
Settings Center called "Filter Consecutive Duplicate Links," which is enabled
by
default. As a result, when reading web pages with the Virtual Cursor and you
encounter consecutive links that point to the same location, one graphical and
one
text, only the text link is announced.

Beginning wit the March 2019 update, this setting is now off by default in
Chrome and
Firefox due to visual tracking issues when using TAB or SHIFT+TAB on a page.
The
visual PC focus that moves as you TAB can get out of sync with the virtual
focus that
is following, especially in Chrome and Firefox. This could cause confusion for
anyone
looking at the screen or using JAWS in conjunction with screen magnification
software
like Fusion. For users of Chrome or Firefox who are willing to accept the
possible
confusion because of the visual aspect described above, you can always open
Settings
Center (INSERT+6 on the number row), search for "Duplicate", and reenable this
feature. This setting is still on by default in Internet Explorer.

Other Changes
  a.. In Speech On Demand (INSERT+SPACEBAR, S), all sounds played by JAWS are
now
muted. This includes the sound you hear when pressing INSERT+SPACEBAR to enter
Layered Keys mode as well as the sound heard when completing an address in
Outlook.
  b.. The options for configuring spelling and grammar error detection have
been
expanded and are now available in Settings Center. You can find these settings
under
the new Proofing group in Text Processing.
  c.. JAWS spelling error detection now works when editing slides in PowerPoint.
  d.. Resolved a reported issue with Braille where the display was blank when
first
starting a PowerPoint slide show.
  e.. Resolved a reported issue where Track Changes was not working correctly
with
JAWS in the retail version of Word 2016.
  f.. In Word, addressed a reported issue where JAWS was not announcing the
word
count in a document when pressing the Word keyboard shortcut CTRL+SHIFT+G.
  g.. Addressed a reported issue where JAWS would close unexpectedly when
sscanning a
document with Adobe DC Pro.
  h.. It is no longer necessary to restart JAWS, ZoomText, or Fusion when
installing
or removing voices through the Add/Remove Voices utility. Voices are
immediately
available when installed and no longer displayed when removed.
  i.. A description of the layered keystroke to copy the speech history to the
clipboard (INSERT+SPACEBAR, CTRL+H) has been added to the layered help
(INSERT+SPACEBAR, QUESTION MARK).
  j.. Addressed a reported issue where JAWS was not saying "Not Selected" when
using
CTRL+SPACEBAR to unselect an item.
  k.. JAWS now reads subtitle information for items in Windows Settings
(WINDOWS
Key+I). This information is automatically spoken for the Beginner verbosity
level and
is off by default for the Intermediate and Advanced verbosity levels.
  l.. The "Use Accessibility Driver for Screen Capture" option in Settings
Center is
now unavailable

References:
- [the-facts-machine] Jaws March Update
  - From: Steve
- [the-facts-machine] Re: Jaws March Update
  - From: rmilliman

[the-facts-machine] Re: Jaws March Update

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