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> On Oct 29, 2015, at 6:41 PM, Mike B via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > Below are the direct download links for Jaws 17 for both 32 & 64 bit > systems. Also, what's new is below the download links. > > 32 Bit: > > http://files.freedomscientific.com/WebFiles/JAWS/J17.0.1010enu-x86.exe > > 64 Bit: > > http://files.freedomscientific.com/WebFiles/JAWS/J17.0.1010enu-x64.exe > > What's new: > > JAWS 17 Features > Smart Navigation, More Efficient Interaction with Complex Web Pages and > Applications > > Today and in the future, users will be faced with an increased need to work > with complex web forms, tables, and even applications that run inside of a > web browser. This will impact your day to day interactions with services > on-line such as banking and shopping, in addition to many web apps found in > both > companies and government agencies. For instance, Internet Explorer can be > used to log onto a Microsoft SharePoint server to collaborate with other > co-workers > and create and store documents. The new Smart NavigationT feature is > designed to make it more efficient when navigating web-based applications > with the > Virtual Cursor as the LEFT and RIGHT ARROW or CTRL+LEFT and CTRL+RIGHT ARROW > commands move by control instead of character and word. This makes > navigation > such as moving across toolbars, tab strips, and navigation links more like > navigating around a desktop application. Pressing the Say Character, Say > Word, > or Say Line commands twice quickly changes to the traditional navigation by > character, word, line, sentence, and paragraph so you can review the text of > the control. Smart Navigation resumes when you move to a different control > by pressing UP or DOWN ARROW or TAB. Alternatively, you can use the INSERT+X > command to quickly toggle between Smart Navigation and the more traditional > character and word navigation depending on the type of web site you are > navigating. > > > For example, if you use the LEFT and RIGHT ARROW keys to move across a tab > strip, you might hear JAWS announce something like; "Home tab selected," > "Insert > tab," and "Page Layout tab." If you wanted to review the items on the tab > strip character by character, press the Say Character (NUM PAD 5), Say Word > (INSERT+NUM > PAD 5), or Say Line (INSERT+UP ARROW) commands twice quickly. You can now > navigate by character or word until you press DOWN ARROW to move away from > the > tab strip to another control. > > Smart Navigation is off by default. To turn it on, there are a few ways. > > The quickest way to enable Smart Navigation is through the Startup Wizard > which automatically launches after JAWS is installed. When the wizard > starts, > select the Next button until you reach the Common Options page. You will be > focused on a group of radio buttons where you can use the ARROW keys to > choose > the Smart Navigation option you want to use (Controls and Tables or > Controls). Pressing TAB moves you to another group of radio buttons that > allow you > to select how Forms Mode activates. For the best experience with Smart > Navigation, it is recommended that users set Forms Mode to Semi-Auto or > Manual. > This prevents JAWS from unexpectedly turning on Forms Mode while navigating > with the ARROW keys. Once you have changed the options you want, continue > selecting > Next until you reach the Braille Settings page and then select Finish to > save your changes. Smart Navigation will now be enabled for any environments > that > use the Virtual Cursor. > > Alternatively, Smart Navigation can be configured through Settings Center or > Quick Settings. For instance, you may want to use Smart Navigation in > Firefox, > but not in Internet Explorer. > > You can also temporarily toggle Smart Navigation on or off using the > INSERT+X command. For instance, if you have configured Smart Navigation to > be enabled > by default and you encounter a web page where you would prefer not to use > it, you can press INSERT+X to turn it off and use the more traditional > navigation. > JAWS will switch back to Smart Navigation when focus moves away from the > browser or you navigate to a different web site. This command is also useful > if > you do not want to use the Say Character, Say Word, or Say Line commands > twice quickly to switch to standard navigation. It offers the additional > benefit > of not automatically switching back to Smart Navigation when you move to a > different control with the UP or DOWN ARROW keys. You can just press > INSERT+X > again to toggle back to Smart Navigation when you are ready. > > Note: When using this command to toggle Smart Navigation under certain > circumstances such as inside a table, focus will not always remain at the > location > of the toggle. This is because the virtual document is reformatted as JAWS > goes in and out of Screen Layout. > > Anytime you are using Smart Navigation, JAWS will work in Screen Layout. > This presents pages in the virtual buffer similar to how they appear > visually > on the screen. Toolbar buttons or other lists of controls that are visually > laid out horizontally on the screen are displayed on one line in the virtual > document, allowing a single press of the DOWN ARROW to skip the entire > toolbar instead of having to move from button to button to get past it. > > For a great example, please try JAWS 17 on a web form such as the > WebTrack sample form > on the Surf's Up pages. On this page, you will be able to see the power of > navigating more efficiently with the DOWN ARROW then in previous versions. > > > Smart Navigation offers two modes, Controls and Tables, or Controls. > Controls and Tables offers the most complete experience with Smart > Navigation and > is the mode that is enabled when using the INSERT+X toggle. > > When set to Controls and Tables and you are currently not in a table, most > web-based controls, including, but not limited to, buttons, links, edit > fields, > list boxes, tree views, and headings, are treated as single units when > navigating by character or word. Performing a Say Character, Say Word, and > Say Line > command twice quickly while focused on a control will switch to character > and word Navigation so you can use the traditional navigation by character, > word, > line, sentence, and paragraph to review a control, such as the text of a > button or link, in greater detail. Smart Navigation by controls > automatically > resumes when you move to another control using TAB or UP or DOWN ARROW. > > If focused inside of a table, the RIGHT and LEFT ARROW keys move between > columns while the UP and DOWN ARROW keys move between rows. If you press > RIGHT > ARROW to move from the last column in the current row to the first column of > the next row, an ascending sound is heard. If you press LEFT ARROW to move > from the first column in the current row to the last column in the prior > row, a descending sound is heard. JAWS also announces the number of the row > that > was moved to. > > When focused in a cell and it contains any controls, such as a heading, or > an edit field, pressing the Say Character, Say Word, or Say Line commands > twice > quickly will switch to control navigation, and performing these commands > again twice quickly will switch to character and word navigation. If the > cell > does not contain controls, you can only switch to character and word > navigation. Moving focus away from the current table cell using LEFT or > RIGHT ARROW > will switch back to the prior navigation level, for example, pressing RIGHT > ARROW while in character and word navigation will return to Smart Navigation > in tables as soon as you move to a different cell. When you are in control > navigation, or character and word navigation, pressing UP or DOWN ARROW will > move to and read the entire row. Pressing UP or DOWN ARROW from the > beginning or end of the table will also resume Smart Navigation by Controls > and Tables. > > For an example of using Smart Navigation in tables, visit the > Tables with JAWS and MAGic > page on the Surf's Up pages. > > When set to Controls and focus is not in a table, navigation is the same as > the Controls and Tables option. The only difference is that if you encounter > a table, you will need to use the standard table reading commands > (CTRL+ALT+ARROW keys) or the Table layer (INSERT+SPACEBAR, t) to navigate > the table. > > > When Smart navigation is active, press ALT+DELETE or INSERT+TAB to have JAWS > announce the current Smart Navigation level. > > New Sound Indication for Links > > As you navigate by line with Smart Navigation active, JAWS plays a sound if > the current line contains one or more links which would generally be > displayed > on separate lines when you are not in Smart Navigation. This sound helps you > identify that a link exists and gives you a chance to pause to hear about > it or use TAB or the ARROW keys to move to it. To keep this sound from being > too intrusive, it is not heard if a line contains a link that is preceeded > by less than five characters. For instance, a bulleted or numbered list that > contains a link directly after the number or bullet. > > Use Settings Center to Configure Settings for a Specific Web Site > > In JAWS 17, you can now apply settings changes to a specific web site domain > using Settings Center. For instance, if you use Smart Navigation and you > have > a particular web site where you would prefer not to have this feature > active, you can open Settings Center from the current site and turn it off. > Smart > Navigation will continue working on all other web sites. > > To configure web site specific settings, do the following: > > list of 6 items > 1. Open the web site where you want settings changes to apply. > 2. Press INSERT+F2, select Settings Center, and press ENTER. > 3. Press CTRL+SHIFT+W to open the settings file associated with the > currently active web site. Alternatively, press SHIFT+TAB to move to the > application > list, press CTRL+HOME to move to the top of the list, and then press DOWN > ARROW one time to move to the settings file for the current site. For > example, > if you open Settings Center from the Freedom Scientific web site, you should > see something like www.freedomscientific.com (Domain). > 4. From the Search edit box, type all or part of the setting you want to > change. For example, "smart" for Smart Navigation, "Forms" for Forms Mode > options, > etc. > 5. Press DOWN ARROW to move to the filtered results of the Settings Center > tree view and make your preferred settings changes. > 6. Press TAB to move to the OK button and activate it with the SPACEBAR. The > changes are made and saved. Settings Center closes. > list end > > Now, whatever you have set for the current web site should only be applied > when any pages on this site are open and have focus. For example, if you set > Smart Navigation to Controls and Tables for the Freedom Scientific web site, > it should be off for all other web sites which is the default, unless you > are on Freedomscientific.com. > > New Options Added to Startup Wizard > > The Startup Wizard contains a series of pages that allow users to quickly > configure some of the more commonly used JAWS options including speech > settings, > startup options, keyboard settings, verbosity options, and braille settings. > The Startup Wizard automatically launches after a full install of JAWS, but > can be accessed any time through the JAWS Help menu. In JAWS 17, we have > added a few more options we expect users will want convenient access to. > > list of 2 items > . The page which follows the Run JAWS Settings page is now called Common > Options. It contains new controls to configure Smart Navigation and Forms > Mode. > . A new Braille Translation Settings page has been added directly after the > Verbosity Settings page and before the Braille Settings page. It contains > the > following new options: > > list of 3 items nesting level 1 > . Language: Use this combo box to specify the Braille language. For example, > English, Spanish, French, German, and so on. > . Output: Use this combo box to configure the output mode for reading > Braille on your display. The first option is always Computer Braille. The > other available > options depend on the currently selected language. For example, when the > language is set to English United States, the available output modes are > U.S. > English Grade 1, U.S. English Grade 2, Unified English Braille Grade 1, and > Unified English Braille Grade 2. If you set the language to French, the > available > modes are French Grade 1 and French Grade 2. > . Input Use this combo box to specify the input mode used when typing > Braille from the Perkins-style keyboard on your display. The first option is > always > Computer Braille. The other available option depends on the currently > selected output mode. For instance, if you have chosen to display Unified > English > Braille Grade 2, then you can choose to type in either Computer Braille or > Unified English Braille Grade 2. This setting is not available if the > selected > output mode is Computer Braille, or the selected output mode does not > support input. > list end nesting level 1 > list end > > Create domain specific scripts for Web Pages and Web Applications > > JAWS has always provided the ability to script desktop applications, > enabling many non-standard applications to be made accessible to JAWS users. > In recent > years, however, more and more applications are being developed to run inside > web browsers. For example, Microsoft SharePoint and Google Docs are web > applications > that allow you to create, edit, and save documents, as well as collaborate > with other users, directly through web pages opened in Internet Explorer or > Firefox. > > Since each web application can offer its own unique functionality, the JAWS > scripts for the web browser are too general to be of use for specific pages. > JAWS 17 extends the scripting functionality to enable you to create scripts > that only load when a particular web site is being accessed, so you can > customize > a web page or application to your specific needs. For instance, if you > created scripts for www.microsoft.com, these scripts would be loaded for any > page > opened on the Microsoft web site. Domain specific scripts are loaded on top > of the browser scripts so that JAWS can fall back to the general scripts in > situations where a domain specific script behavior is not available. This > gives scripters much more control when scripting a web-based application for > a client at a job site as they can create specific functionality for the > application without affecting how JAWS performs on other web pages. > > To aid in creating domain specific scripts, three new script functions have > been added. > > list of 3 items > . GetDocumentXML: This function obtains well-formed XML from the Dom Server > for parsing using the MSXML com object. > . PerformActionOnElementWithTagAndAttribute: This function finds an element > in the DOM by tag and attribute/value pair and performs an action on it such > as setFocus, makeVisible, doDefaultAction, leftClick, or rightClick. > . PerformActionOnElementWithID: This function finds an element in the DOM by > unique ID and performs an action on it such as setFocus, makeVisible, > doDefaultAction, > leftClick or rightClick. > list end > > Using these functions, you could write scripts to do things like find and > speak a particular heading, add the numbers in the last row of a table and > speak > the total, and much more, all without moving the Virtual Cursor. > > To demonstrate domain-specific scripting, we have included sample SharePoint > scripts that allow you to access web-based toolbars on a SharePoint domain > using the INSERT+CTRL+F8 keystroke. To enable these sample scripts, do the > following: > > list of 2 items > 1. Create a confignames.ini file in your JAWS user settings folder located > at C:\Users\Your User Name\AppData\Roaming\Freedom > Scientific\JAWS\17.0\Settings\enu. > 2. Add the following lines. > [Domains] > fsservices-my.sharepoint.com=SharePointWeb > list end > > If the scripts are not working, meaning that toolbars cannot be activated > with the INSERT+CTRL+F8 keystroke, check the address of the current domain. > If > necessary, add another line to your confignames.ini to enable that domain to > be recognized so that the sharePoint sample scripts load. > > Liblouis Braille Translator now included for English > > JAWS 17 has switched to the popular and widely accepted open-source Liblouis > braille translator. This new translation now offers both contracted and > uncontracted > Unified English Braille (UEB) and the more traditional Contracted English > Braille (CEB) when reading and writing. Starting in 2016, UEB will become > the > standard in the United States. Switching now to Liblouis will ensure JAWS > offers the latest standards for UEB translation. > > New in JAWS Touch Screen Support > > Since JAWS 15, users have had the ability to interact with the touch screens > found on various devices like the Dell Venue series of Windows tablets. > Using > one and multi-finger gestures such as taps, flicks, and swipes, users > navigate to and activate controls, read text, and perform other common JAWS > functions. > In JAWS 17, we have continued to enhance touch screen support by providing > access to the Windows touch keyboard as well as adding the ability to edit > and > select text in documents, messages, or web pages right from the touch > screen. > > Support for the Windows Touch Keyboard > > JAWS 17 offers full support for the Windows touch keyboard, enabling you to > write documents, email messages, and fill out forms on the Internet right > on your device's touch screen if you do not have access to a > physical keyboard. While a regular keyboard is still recommended for writing > lengthy documents or performing complex editing tasks, using > the Touch keyboard is convenient for writing a quick note, composing or > replying > to an email, or filling out a form on a web site. > > To activate the Touch Keyboard, double tap the Start Touch Keyboard button > on the Desktop, or perform the new JAWS gesture, four-finger swipe down then > up. JAWS announces "opened Touch Keyboard" and plays an ascending sound. > Once enabled, the keyboard is positioned in the bottom part > of > the screen and each key is represented by a button. Use flick gestures to > move to each key, or drag your finger around the screen to > explore > and locate keys. While exploring, JAWS plays a unique set of sounds to alert > you when you enter or leave the area of the screen > containing > the touch keyboard. Once you become familiar with the touch keyboard layout, > you can tap at the location of each key. To close the touch keyboard, > perform > another four-finger swipe down then up. JAWS announces "closed touch > keyboard" and plays a descending sound. > > JAWS offers two different modes for typing characters: > > list of 2 items > . Standard Typing: A key is typed when a double tap or split tap is > performed on the screen after exploring to any of the keyboard buttons. If > alternative > characters are available for the current keyboard > button, a triple tap will open a panel of alternative keys related to the > selected > key. Performing a triple tap on any keyboard button in > the alternative characters panel will close the panel. Standard Typing is > the > default mode. > . Touch Typing: A key is typed when the finger is lifted from any of the > keyboard buttons, or a split tap is performed on the selected keyboard > button. > If alternative characters are available for the current > keyboard button, a split double tap will open a panel of alternative keys > related > to the selected key. Performing a split double tap on > any keyboard button in the alternative characters panel will close the > panel. > > list end > > Use the new Touch Keyboard settings group located in the main Keyboard group > in Settings center to change the typing mode as well as choose whether JAWS > announces characters, words, both characters and words, or is silent as you > type using the touch keyboard. You can also change how you are notified when > the touch keyboard or the panel of alternate characters opens and closes. > > Note: Changing the feedback for the touch keyboard is separate from the > feedback for the physical keyboard. This means you can have JAWS say nothing > when > using a regular keyboard, but continue to announce both characters and words > when using the touch keyboard. > > Text Selection and Other Improvements in Text Reading Mode > > Text reading is one of the three gesture modes that can be activated by > rotating two fingers on the screen. JAWS 17 will now also automatically > switch > to Text Reading if you double tap on an element that supports cursor > navigation such as an article in the News app, or the text > area of > an editing application like Microsoft Word. When Text Reading is activated > using a double tap on a text element, for instance, the second paragraph of > a document, JAWS attempts to position the cursor at the location of the > double tap. > > When Text Reading is active, flicking left or right moves by character, > flicking left or right with two fingers moves by word, flicking up or down > moves > by line, flicking up or down with two fingers moves by paragraph, flicking > left or right with three fingers moves to the beginning or end of a line, > and > flicking up or down with three fingers moves to the top or bottom of the > text area. In addition, you can now flick up or down with four fingers to > move > by page, similar to using PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN. These gestures also move > the cursor, enabling you to navigate to the location in a document where you > want to insert text or begin selecting text. For example, you could flick up > with two fingers to move to the prior paragraph, flick left or right to > position > the focus on a blank line, and then begin typing to insert text at that > location. > > Performing a triple tap on the screen with one finger will now toggle text > selection on or off. When enabled, using any of the above text reading > gestures > will select the specific unit as well as move to it. For example, to move to > and select the next line, perform a triple tap and then flick down. Text > will > continue to be selected as you navigate until you perform a triple tap again > to turn it off. To read currently selected text, you can now perform a > two-finger > triple tap. > > Other Touch Screen Improvements > > Dragging a finger around the screen to explore and hear each element now > works in Text Reading mode in addition to Touch Navigation mode. If Text > Reading > is currently active and you explore to an item that does not support this > mode, JAWS will automatically switch back to Touch Navigation. As you > explore, > you can now have JAWS announce the character or word at the current location > by performing a split tap or split double tap. > > If you encounter an element that does not support standard cursor > navigation, such as a button, or an item in a list, performing a > three-finger swipe down > then up now opens a Virtual Viewer window containing the name of the > element. You can then use the navigation gestures described above to review > this information. > This is useful if you want to review a control in greater detail that you > did not quite understand when it was announced by JAWS during exploration or > when tapping it. When this mode is active, you will not be able to navigate > to other items on the screen. If you explore outside of the Virtual Viewer, > JAWS plays a sound to indicate you are no longer in the window. Performing > the three-finger swipe down then up gesture again will close the Virtual > Viewer. > > Tablet Orientation Notification > > JAWS now indicates in both speech and braille when the screen orientation > changes between portrait and landscape. When changing to landscape, JAWS > says > "landscape, with home button to the left" or "landscape, with home button to > the right", depending on the position of the tablet. When changing to > portrait, > JAWS says "portrait" or "portrait flipped." > > Explore Scripts > > A new Explore Scripts shortcut has been added to the Utilities folder in > Windows 8 and later and the Explore JAWS submenu located under the JAWS > program > group in Windows 7 and earlier. Selecting this shortcut opens the folder > where the shared script files are stored. > > Script Compatibility Mode > > By default, scripts compiled using the Script Manager or the scompile.exe > command line tool in JAWS 17 will not work with prior versions of JAWS. This > is due to changes in JAWS 17 to improve the localization process. In order > to compile scripts that will work in JAWS 17 as well as prior versions, > select > the new Compatibility Mode option from the File Menu in Script Manager, or > use the -c command line option if using scompile.exe. > > Note: If you compile scripts with the compatibility option, and your scripts > use messages defined in JSM files that ship with JAWS 17, those messages > will > always be in English regardless of the language of the JAWS version that is > running. > > Sports Scores Lookup Sources Temporarily Removed from Research It > > Until we can get cooperation from ESPN to allow access to their sports > results using the Research It feature, the MLB, NFL, NBA, and NCAA Scores > lookup > sources have been removed. We hope to add them back in the future once a > solution is reached. > > Merge Utility No Longer Available > > Major changes have been made to improve the JAWS localization process. This > included reorganizing many of the JAWS settings files. Due to these changes, > the Merge utility is no longer installed with JAWS 17 as settings from prior > versions cannot be merged. We are planning a solution for the future which > will replace this utility and provide an even greater benefit for our > customers. > > Take care. > Mike > This email was sent from my, iBarstool. Go Dodgers, next year anyways! > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20151029/7ae94901/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
