What did Merge Utility do? I notice that the Context Menu of JAWS seems different. I just looked at it, readjusted settings in JAWS Manager and Verbosity.
There is a problem I have that I hoped 17 would solve, but it has not. Sometimes, when I'm in an e-mail, want to read through or check something, JAWS does not respond to character, word, space or line. Usually, running Spell Check frees that up, but often I'm not through, so have to run Spell Check again. Anyone else have that problem or any idea what it is or if I can do something about it? Bye for now, Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of joseph weakland via Jfw Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 8:24 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. <[email protected]> Cc: joseph weakland <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Jaws 17 Download Links & What's New just read the email about jaws 17 changes and features and if murge utility won't be availlable does this mean you'd have to reinstall any extra program scripts etc you had in jfw16? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike B via Jfw" <[email protected]> To: "JFW List" <[email protected]> Cc: "Mike B" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 5:41 PM Subject: Jaws 17 Download Links & What's New > 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. 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