GW Micro has released Window-Eyes 8.1. In addition to introducing preliminary support for Office 2013, this update addresses stability and reliability issues that were reported after the release of Window-Eyes 8.0.
Window-Eyes is another popular screen reader for Windows platform. Window-Eyes is created by GW Micro, who is also created various accessible applications like GW Connect and more. After JAWS and NVDA, Window-Eyes is the mostly used screen reader in the world. Window-Eyes works with Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, All 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Window-Eyes gives total control over what you hear and how you hear it. Plus, with its enhanced Braille support that control is extended to what you feel as well. On top of all that, the power and stability of Window-Eyes means that most applications work right out of the box with no need for endless tinkering in order to get them to function properly. Window-Eyes is a leading software application for the blind and visually impaired, which converts components of the Windows operating system into synthesized speech allowing for complete and total access to Windows based computer systems.
* When Tabbing through Adobe forms, Window-Eyes would not speak the contents of edit boxes. This has been fixed. * In some PDF documents, typing into an edit box would immediately reactivate Browse Mode. This has been fixed.
* Window-Eyes would not always speak the active selection when arrowing through combo boxes in Adobe forms. This has been fixed.
Braille:
* Support for the BraillePen 12 has been added.
Firefox:
* Due to a severe stability issue with how Firefox and Flash interact, Window-Eyes no longer includes any Flash content in its Browse Mode buffer by default. This means that while Browse Mode must be turned off to interact with Flash, loading videos and other content should no longer cause Firefox to hang. To re-enable the display of Flash content in Firefox, use the Firefox Enhance app (which is now included with Window-Eyes). Note that doing so will re-introduce the stability problem which this solution prevents. More details about this problem are described at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781971.
Internet Explorer:
* A problem where Internet Explorer would get stuck using 100% of the CPU has been corrected.
* If a line with multiple text attributes was reached in Browse Mode, Window-Eyes would run the words of that line together. This has been fixed.
* When using Braille, the position of the cursor was not always reported correctly in multiline edit boxes in Internet Explorer 9 and newer. This has been corrected.
* ARIA Live in Internet Explorer 9 and newer was not working correctly. This has been fixed.
Office:
* Preliminary support for Office 2013 has been added.
* A problem where monitor cells would not speak in Excel if the Windows user account control was active has been fixed.
* Math Player support for Word has been added.
* The Mailings -> New Address List and Mailings -> Match Fields dialogs now read correctly in Microsoft Word.
* Window-Eyes now speaks descriptions for the default bullets inside the bullets ribbon item in Word 2007 and above. Previously, this information was reported as numbers and font names.
* A problem where Outlook would freeze when sending mail has been corrected.
* Message virtualization should work much more reliably in Outlook 2007.
* The message virtualization feature relies on some components from Microsoft. If you attempt to virtualize a message and the required components are missing, Window-Eyes will now direct you to download them.
* The Alt-1 through Alt-7 hot keys should now consistently read Outlook information when inside a virtualized message.
* You can now add contacts via the context menu after focusing the desired item with the Alt-# hot keys.
* Pressing Control-F from within a virtualized message would open the Find dialog rather than forward the active email. This has been fixed.
* The Insert -> Outlook Item list view now reads correctly in Outlook 2010.
* If the main Outlook window could not be found, the Outlook Enhanced app would stop running. This has been fixed.
* It is now possible to overwrite attachments in Outlook 2010 when using the Outlook Enhance attachments dialog.
* There was a problem where pressing the status line key inside Outlook would cause the information to repeat several times. This has been fixed.
* Window-Eyes now correctly speaks the checked state and calendar name of items in the Outlook 2010 calendar.
QT:
* Preliminary support for software utilizing the QT 5 GUI framework has been introduced.
Thunderbird:
* Reading and editing HTML messages in Thunderbird would sometimes yield dings, blank lines, or inaccurate character feedback. These issues have been corrected.
Visual Studio:
* Compiling large projects in Visual Studio 2010 and above would often hang, and the process would never complete. This has been fixed.
Windows 8:
* Several problems related to the speaking of items in the Windows 8 Start Screen have been corrected.
Miscellaneous:
* Several problems related to stability have been corrected thanks to error reports from our customers.
* A problem where Window-Eyes would continuously try to run every few seconds after a scripting error was displayed has been corrected.
* For lease-to-own copies of Window-Eyes, the license manager is now accessible via the Window-Eyes Help menu.
* There was an issue where a valid copy of Window-Eyes could turn into a demonstration version when it launched. This has been fixed.
* Read-To-End now works fully in Java applications, UIA edit boxes, and IA 2 controls (such as the Thunderbird composition window).
* A problem where the Insert Key Layout could unintentionally become active when running the Quick Start Wizard has been fixed.
* Group names were not reading in Windows Explorer for Windows 7. This has been fixed.
* Some issues related to how Window-Eyes handles UI Automation which could cause Internet Explorer and other UIA-related applications to crash has been fixed.
* Most non-English Vocalizer voices would say "a" at the end of lines during Read-To-End and when the voice was first activated. This has been fixed.
* Vocalizer would often times stop short during a Read-To-End. This has been fixed.
Window-Eyes is another popular screen reader for Windows platform. Window-Eyes is created by GW Micro, who is also created various accessible applications like GW Connect and more. After JAWS and NVDA, Window-Eyes is the mostly used screen reader in the world. Window-Eyes works with Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, All 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Window-Eyes gives total control over what you hear and how you hear it. Plus, with its enhanced Braille support that control is extended to what you feel as well. On top of all that, the power and stability of Window-Eyes means that most applications work right out of the box with no need for endless tinkering in order to get them to function properly. Window-Eyes is a leading software application for the blind and visually impaired, which converts components of the Windows operating system into synthesized speech allowing for complete and total access to Windows based computer systems.
Enhancements between Window-Eyes 8.0 and Window-Eyes 8.1:
Adobe Reader:* When Tabbing through Adobe forms, Window-Eyes would not speak the contents of edit boxes. This has been fixed. * In some PDF documents, typing into an edit box would immediately reactivate Browse Mode. This has been fixed.
* Window-Eyes would not always speak the active selection when arrowing through combo boxes in Adobe forms. This has been fixed.
Braille:
* Support for the BraillePen 12 has been added.
Firefox:
* Due to a severe stability issue with how Firefox and Flash interact, Window-Eyes no longer includes any Flash content in its Browse Mode buffer by default. This means that while Browse Mode must be turned off to interact with Flash, loading videos and other content should no longer cause Firefox to hang. To re-enable the display of Flash content in Firefox, use the Firefox Enhance app (which is now included with Window-Eyes). Note that doing so will re-introduce the stability problem which this solution prevents. More details about this problem are described at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781971.
Internet Explorer:
* A problem where Internet Explorer would get stuck using 100% of the CPU has been corrected.
* If a line with multiple text attributes was reached in Browse Mode, Window-Eyes would run the words of that line together. This has been fixed.
* When using Braille, the position of the cursor was not always reported correctly in multiline edit boxes in Internet Explorer 9 and newer. This has been corrected.
* ARIA Live in Internet Explorer 9 and newer was not working correctly. This has been fixed.
Office:
* Preliminary support for Office 2013 has been added.
* A problem where monitor cells would not speak in Excel if the Windows user account control was active has been fixed.
* Math Player support for Word has been added.
* The Mailings -> New Address List and Mailings -> Match Fields dialogs now read correctly in Microsoft Word.
* Window-Eyes now speaks descriptions for the default bullets inside the bullets ribbon item in Word 2007 and above. Previously, this information was reported as numbers and font names.
* A problem where Outlook would freeze when sending mail has been corrected.
* Message virtualization should work much more reliably in Outlook 2007.
* The message virtualization feature relies on some components from Microsoft. If you attempt to virtualize a message and the required components are missing, Window-Eyes will now direct you to download them.
* The Alt-1 through Alt-7 hot keys should now consistently read Outlook information when inside a virtualized message.
* You can now add contacts via the context menu after focusing the desired item with the Alt-# hot keys.
* Pressing Control-F from within a virtualized message would open the Find dialog rather than forward the active email. This has been fixed.
* The Insert -> Outlook Item list view now reads correctly in Outlook 2010.
* If the main Outlook window could not be found, the Outlook Enhanced app would stop running. This has been fixed.
* It is now possible to overwrite attachments in Outlook 2010 when using the Outlook Enhance attachments dialog.
* There was a problem where pressing the status line key inside Outlook would cause the information to repeat several times. This has been fixed.
* Window-Eyes now correctly speaks the checked state and calendar name of items in the Outlook 2010 calendar.
QT:
* Preliminary support for software utilizing the QT 5 GUI framework has been introduced.
Thunderbird:
* Reading and editing HTML messages in Thunderbird would sometimes yield dings, blank lines, or inaccurate character feedback. These issues have been corrected.
Visual Studio:
* Compiling large projects in Visual Studio 2010 and above would often hang, and the process would never complete. This has been fixed.
Windows 8:
* Several problems related to the speaking of items in the Windows 8 Start Screen have been corrected.
Miscellaneous:
* Several problems related to stability have been corrected thanks to error reports from our customers.
* A problem where Window-Eyes would continuously try to run every few seconds after a scripting error was displayed has been corrected.
* For lease-to-own copies of Window-Eyes, the license manager is now accessible via the Window-Eyes Help menu.
* There was an issue where a valid copy of Window-Eyes could turn into a demonstration version when it launched. This has been fixed.
* Read-To-End now works fully in Java applications, UIA edit boxes, and IA 2 controls (such as the Thunderbird composition window).
* A problem where the Insert Key Layout could unintentionally become active when running the Quick Start Wizard has been fixed.
* Group names were not reading in Windows Explorer for Windows 7. This has been fixed.
* Some issues related to how Window-Eyes handles UI Automation which could cause Internet Explorer and other UIA-related applications to crash has been fixed.
* Most non-English Vocalizer voices would say "a" at the end of lines during Read-To-End and when the voice was first activated. This has been fixed.
* Vocalizer would often times stop short during a Read-To-End. This has been fixed.
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