Saturday, December 8, 2012

JAWS 14 Updated to v14.0.1036

JAWS (Job access with speech) from Freedom Scientific, is a popular and widely used screen reader for Windows operating systems. JAWS enables blind people to independently using the computer to accomplish their daily tasks like Office work, Internet browsing, Chatting, and any other tasks. Jaws is not only a simple screen reader, it has the ability to read texts from the image and other inaccessible window using OCR (Optical character recognition) which was introduced in JAWS 13, Scripts to make inaccessible applications to be accessible, support of various TTSs (Text-to-speech) and support to various languages including Hindi. User can also use Microsoft Speech API version 5 compatible TTS such as ESpeak to read other languages including some of Indian languages such as Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and few others. Another main feature is Jaws and Invisible cursor. If you switching to Jaws cursor from PC cursor, Jaws reads the line that currently focused by mouse pointer. This feature mainly using for reading contents and activating links and buttons that is not accessible via keyboard. Invisible cursor is also doing the same but it speaks lines without mouse pointer’s help. These are only some of the features of Jaws, there are more features available to explore.

Enhancements in JAWS 14.0.1036 (December 2012)

The following is a list of items addressed or added between the final JAWS 14.0.918 release and the JAWS 14.0.1036 posting. JAWS
•Resolved an issue where JAWS was not raising the pitch of the synthesizer for capital letters when selecting by character using the Virtual PC Cursor. Note that the Vocalizer Direct voices do not support changing the pitch.
•If you perform a Research It query from a currently open Results Viewer window, addressed an issue where JAWS was not automatically reading after the window refreshes with the new results.
•Resolved an issue where braille would automatically pan unexpectedly while selecting text.
•Pressing INSERT+C or ALT+CTRL+NUM PAD 5 from within a table in a Word document, Web page, or virtualized Outlook message now gives the correct cell information.
•Resolved an issue where Braille Structured Mode was not displaying the correct information under certain circumstances in HTML windows.
•If you are in the list of Flexible Web rules and Tutor Messages are configured to speak menu and control help, added a new help message informing you that you can press F2 to edit a rule.
•Improved responsiveness when using JAWS with SAPI 5 voices, particularly on Windows 8.
•Resolved issues of braille not tracking properly and cursor router buttons not moving the cursor as expected in various edit controls in WPF applications.
•Addressed a customer reported issue where you could not read by character or word when renaming an item in the Windows Start menu.
•The SHIFT+COMMA and SHIFT+PERIOD keystrokes for moving to the beginning or end of the current element now work more reliably. You can use these commands with regions, toolbars, lists, embedded objects (such as Flash), tables, and frames.
•Resolved an intermittent issue where JAWS could unexpectedly close while modifying Flexible Web rules.
•If you open a link from an Outlook message, or open a link in a new browser tab, resolved an issue where the braille display was not returning to the original position when you closed the resulting Web page.
•Resolved a customer reported issue where frames on the iHeart Radio Web site could not be hidden using Flexible Web.
•If you are using a Vocalizer Direct voice and you perform a spell command such as INSERT+UP ARROW twice quickly to spell the current line, there is now a more noticeable pause between letters.
•Resolved issues with INSERT+B not always reading certain dialog boxes in tab order and sometimes repeating text.
•If you select a link from a page displayed inside a Freedom Scientific webinar which opens a Web page outside of the training room, resolved an issue where JAWS was not indicating that a new browser window had opened.
•Resolved an issue where pressing INSERT+WINDOWS Key+F4 to perform a memory dump was displaying an "application file for JAWS" error.
•Added the following keystrokes for the Focus Blue braille displays.
•LEFT SHIFT+LEFT SELECTOR: Shows the top of the active window in Line Mode or the beginning of the line in Structured Mode.
•RIGHT SHIFT+RIGHT SELECTOR: Shows the bottom of the active window in Line Mode or the end of the line in Structured Mode.
•LEFT SHIFT+RIGHT SHIFT: Routes the Braille Cursor to the active cursor position.
•Resolved a reported issue with a Say All not working as expected in documents that began with a blank line and that contained no period at the end of lines. This was primarily observed in Notepad.
•If you are using JAWS and a Focus braille display over a Remote Desktop connection, resolved an issue where the keys on the Perkins-style keyboard would no longer enter the correct characters after pressing DOT 7 to perform a backspace.
•JAWS now includes the latest drivers for the DECTalk and Triple-Talk speech synthesizers.
•Resolved an issue observed more frequently with shorter braille displays such as the Focus 14 Blue where panning to show the remainder of a word too long to fit on the display would skip to the next word instead of showing the remainder of the current word.
•Resolved an issue with the Wiktionary Research It lookup source not displaying the definitions of certain words as expected.
•Addressed an issue where JAWS was not reading the correct information when selecting the Edit or Remove buttons on Facebook.com.
•Added a new script function, MakeCharacterFromValue, which converts an integer value of a character to a character string. For example, 97 would return a lowercase a.
•Pressing F1 from the Check for Updates dialog box no longer displays a Windows Help error.
•When entering a password at the Windows Logon screen using the Spanish version of JAWS, the asterisk symbol is now shown on the braille display.
•Resolved a reported issue with JAWS not reading some international characters properly when entering text in another language than that of the currently running version of Windows. Apart from above list of enhancements, JAWS 14.0.1036 contains enhancements for Microsoft Excel, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Mozilla Firefox, Windows Explorer and Windows 8.
Click here to know the full enhancements made in JAWS 14.0.1036.

Download:

You can download Jaws 14.0.1036 32 bit and 64 bit, Jaws 14.0.1036 USB Thumb Drive version (Portable Jaws) 32 bit and 64 bit, Freedom scientific Video Intercept Manager for Portable versions, OCR Engine for Convenient OCR (32 bit & 64 bit). And Vocalizer Direct Synthesizer.
Download JAWS 14.0.1036 32-bit
Download JAWS 14.0.1036 64-bit
Download JAWS 14.0.1036 USB Thumb Drive 32-bit
Download Jaws 14.0.1036 USB Thumb Drive 64-bit
Download Freedom Scientific Video Intercept Manager 32-bit
Download Freedom Scientific Video Intercept Manager 64-bit
Download OCR for Convenient OCR 32 and 64 bit
Download Vocalizer Direct Synthesizer from this page.
Note: The freedom Scientific Video Intercept Manager listed above to download is only for USB thumb Drive (Portable) versions. Who downloads and installs JAWS, does not need to download or install FS Video Intercept separately.




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