hope Jaws will work with the touch screen computer. such s tablap PC. Ming tel: 6421 9950 msn/window live messenger chung_chiming_2...@hotmail.com skype: chungchiming9950
blog/ xanga http://www.xanga.com/chungchiming --- 2010年8月3日 星期二，Nicole <goldyemo...@gmail.com> 寫道﹕ > 寄件人: Nicole <goldyemo...@gmail.com> > 主題: Re: [JAWS-Users] Preview of JAWS 12 > 收件人: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > 日期: 2010年8月3日,星期二,下午10:44 > Sounds good. The setting center > sounds like a feature I could benifit from. > "Many blocked people are very powerful & creative > personalities who have > been made to feel guilty about their own strengths & > gifts." --Julia Cameron > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimi...@verizon.net> > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 7:48 AM > Subject: [JAWS-Users] Preview of JAWS 12 > > > > Here's a brief preview of JAWS 12 I just came across: > > > by Curtis Chong > > In early July, I attended a three-hour session conducted by > Freedom > Scientific during which the company provided a sneak > preview of JAWS for > Windows Version > 12. Freedom Scientific has been working on this newest > release of JAWS for > more than a year, and it is hoped that JAWS 12 will be > released before the > end > of 2010. > > Long-time JAWS users will be interested to know that in > JAWS 12, Freedom > Scientific proposes to replace the familiar JAWS > Configuration Manager with > something > called the Settings Center. In the Settings Center, you can > search for the > setting that you want to change and then simply make the > change. It is no > longer > necessary to explore a variety of menus to track down > where, for example, > you can change the level of punctuation that JAWS speaks or > increase the > speaking > rate of JAWS. Also, in the Settings Center, your last 25 > changes will be > displayed at the bottom of the tree view, making it easier > for you to fix a > setting > that might have been adjusted incorrectly or adjust > settings that you change > frequently. > > Another feature included in JAWS 12 is the ability to > operate your computer > from the Braille keyboard of any connected refreshable > Braille display. > Using > the Braille keys, you can enter any character that would be > entered through > a standard QWERTY keyboard, and this includes all JAWS > commands as well. > > Also, a proficient Grade II Braille user will be able to > enter text in > contracted Braille and have the result reverse-translated > on the fly. I do > not see > much value in this feature for me, personally, but I > hesitate to criticize > the investment in time and effort that has been made by > Freedom Scientific; > I simply do not know how many Braille users out there have > been longing to > operate their computer from a Braille keyboard. > > The final noteworthy feature in JAWS 12 is the ability to > use a Virtual > Ribbon in Microsoft Office. Some blind computer users have > expressed > frustration > with the ribbon that has been incorporated into Microsoft > Office 2007 and > now into Office 2010. What Freedom Scientific is proposing > for JAWS 12 is to > give the Office user the choice of whether to use the > ribbon as is or to use > the Virtual Ribbon provided by JAWS. This Virtual Ribbon > provides a user > experience > that feels more like the traditional menus with which a lot > of people are > familiar. Time will tell whether this feature is worth the > investment. As > for > me, since I feel quite comfortable with the Office ribbon > as it is, I will > probably choose not to use the JAWS Virtual Ribbon that > comes with JAWS 12. > > In all, JAWS 12 seems like a bit of an improvement over > JAWS 11. Certainly, > Freedom Scientific has incorporated some new features which > some people will > like. As for me, I would wish for features in JAWS which > make it easier for > blind people to compete in the workplace-something which > Freedom Scientific > seems to have lost sight of over the years. > > > Gerald > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list > visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list > visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
