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From: Dan Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Recipient list suppressed <Recipient list suppressed>
Date: Friday, March 12, 1999 3:49 PM
Subject: Newsletter DC, March, 1999
>Newsletter DC, March, 1999.
>This is an informal email newsletter from Dan Clark, of Henter-Joyce, Inc.
>Please let me know if you wish to be removed from this list, or if you have
>friends who would like to be added. I will confirm with them before
>adding. Thanks!
>Dan Clark, Sales Manager
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>Table of Contents
>A. Trade Shows we are attending.
>B. JFW 3.3 features, available soon.
>C. MAGic 6.1 features, available soon.
>D. Technical support notices, TSN's.
>E. JFW Lite listserv.
>F. New scripts on the HJ web site.
>G. New training classes available.
>H. Video card news.
>I. Java (TM) overview.
>J. Lotus Notes version 5.
>
>A. Trade Shows we are attending.
>1. CSUN, Los Angeles, March 17-20, 1999.
>The URL to the CSUN web site is http://www.csun.edu/cod/.
>Be sure to visit the Henter-Joyce booths 42 & 43 at CSUN 1999, March 17-20,
>at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott. Henter-Joyce representatives will be
>available at the conference to answer your questions and give you a
>demonstration of any of our products. We will be showing the newest
>version of JFW 3.3, currently in beta testing, and due to be released soon.
> Also, we will be showing the latest MAGic screen enlarger product.
>
>Henter-Joyce also has a suite, number 1726, where we will be doing various
>product presentations and demonstrations throughout the conference. Check
>at our booth for a schedule of these presentations. We will be joined by
>Joseph Dunn, from Australia, as well as Kai Decker-Conradi and Marco Zehe,
>from Germany. Bill Kilroy, director of low vision accounts, will fly in
>from Massachusetts. Also, you will have the opportunity to meet our new
>Vice President of Sales, Sharon Spencer.
>
>2. TechEd, Ontario, California, April 21-24, 1999.
>The 1999 Technology in Education International Conference and Exposition.
>Join Henter-Joyce representatives at booth number 339, next to Kurzweil
>Educational Systems. This conference covers distance education,
>multimedia, and technology providing educators and students access to a
>rich source of educational resources, enhancing the ways we teach, learn,
>and work.
>
>3. NFB, Atlanta, June 30 - July 6, 1999.
>The 1999 convention of the National Federation of the Blind will be held in
>Atlanta, Georgia, at the Marriott Marquis. More on this conference in a
>future newsletter.
>
>4. ACB, Los Angeles, July 3-9, 1999.
>The 1999 convention of the American Council of the Blind will be held in
>Los Angeles, California, at the Westin Hotel, on Century Boulevard, near
>Los Angeles Airport (LAX). More on this conference in a future newsletter.
>
>5. AHEAD, Atlanta, July 14-17, 1999.
>The 1999 convention of the Association on Higher Education And Disability
>(AHEAD) will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Marriott Marquis. More on
>this conference in a future newsletter.
>
>6. ATIA, * NEW * in Orlando, October 6-9, 1999.
>ATIA World Conference, Orlando. http://www.atia.org/
>October 6-9, 1999, Radisson Twin Towers Hotel, Orlando, Florida.
>The ATIA World Conference will be a major North American east coast event
>focused on current assistive technology products and services from around
>the world. This conference, the first of its kind on the East Coast, will
>showcase cutting-edge Assistive Technology and the newest AT products
>through: Software and Product Training Labs, Company Presentations,
>Product Demonstrations, More than 70 Exhibits, Hands-On Labs, Professional
>Presentations, Poster Sessions, and a Table Topics Luncheon.
>
>Professionals, consumers and their families can participate in sessions on:
>Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), Blindness and Visual
>Impairment, Computer Access/Curriculum Adaptation, Electronic Aids to Daily
>Living, Other Assistive Technology Fields.
>
>For additional information, please contact:
>Shana Johnson, ATIA
>526 Davis Street, Suite 217
>Evanston, Illinois 60201
>Tel: (847) 869-1282
>
>OR
>
>Randy Marsden, ATIA Convention Operations Chairperson
>c/o Madenta Inc.
>3022 Calgary Trail South
>Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6J 6V4
>Tel: (403) 450-8926, Fax: (403) 988-6182
>
>7. Closing the Gap, Minneapolis, October 20-23, 1999.
>The 1999 Closing the Gap conference will be held at the Radisson South
>Hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota. More on this conference in a future
>newsletter.
>
>
>B. JFW 3.3 features, available soon.
>Anyone purchasing JAWS for Windows 3.2 after March 1, 1999, will receive an
>upgrade to JFW 3.3 at no additional charge! Features of the new JFW 3.3
>include:
>* Completely Compatible with MAGic 6.1 Screen Enlarger!
>* Enhanced support for popular applications, including Microsoft Office 97
>and Office 2000; WordPerfect 8 and 9; Internet Explorer 4.01 and 5.0;
>Outlook 98 and Outlook Express; Eudora 4.0 and 4.1; RealPlayer Plus G2 and
>RealPlayer G2.
>* Grade 2 Braille output for refreshable Braille displays, now including
>output in Grade 1 and 2!
>* Easy access to the System Tray items in a pop-up list box.
>* Option to speak changes to text styles (in a different voice) when
>reading. Options include font, point size, bold, italic, underline, color,
>capitalization and repeated characters.
>* New, more natural sounding SayAll, SaySentence and SayParagraph
functions.
>* Automatic graphics labeler.
>* Network authorization capability.
>* Updated multi-lingual Eloquence software synthesizer.
>* Support for the Microsoft Object Model and Microsoft Active Accessibility
>Access to MS-DOS windows.
>* Support for MS-SAPI 4.0 software synthesizers.
>* Completely new Basic Training Cassette Tapes.
>Read more about the new features in JFW 3.3 on our web site,
>http://www.hj.com/JFW/JFW33.htm.
>
>
>C. MAGic 6.1 features, available soon.
>NEW! MAGic 6.1 with Completely Redesigned user Interface! Compatible with
>Windows NT, Windows 98 and Windows 95! You can read more about this on our
>web page at http://www.hj.com/MAGic/MAGic61.html.
>
>Features of MAGic 6.1.
>* Comprehensive compatibility with JAWS for Windows!
>* New, redesigned graphic interface for low-vision users.
>* Pop-up help for all active items on the user interface.
>* Improved video card compatibility in Windows 98/95.
>* Seven different magnification modes, including horizontal and vertical
>split-screens, a lens that tracks the mouse pointer, a lens that tracks the
>focused item, a magnification overlay, full screen magnification and no
>magnification.
>* User-customized smoothing of on-screen items including fonts and
graphics.
>* Choice of cursor colors and shapes.
>* Independent mouse magnification settings.
>* User-customized screen color settings to screen out unwanted colors.
>* Custom border width and color settings.
>* Choice of screen locators to show relation of magnification to full
screen.
>* Automatic tracking and stop/start controls.
>
>
>D. Technical support notices, TSN's.
>Our technical support staff has a list of Technical Support Notices, or
>TSN's, posted on our web page at
>http://www.hj.com/TechSupport/JFWTS/JFWTSN/JAWSTSNINDEX.htm. I encourage
>you to browse this section of our web page from time-to-time, as some
>really good information can be found there. The notices are listed in
>chronological order, beginning with the most recent.
>
>The most recent TSN as of this newsletter is dated February 23, 1999, and
>concerns a fix for the Artic 215 and JFW. A few other topics listed there
>include, but are not limited to, the following:
>Fix for PKZip and JFW.
>Eloquence and Microsoft Speech.
>Optimizing JFW 3.2 in WIN98.
>Trouble Shooting Jaws for Windows Authorization Schemes.
>Installing JFW on Windows NT Systems.
>ATI Video cards JFW 3.2 and Windows 95.
>How to remove the Active Desktop in Windows 95.
>Running a MS-DOS Screen Reader in a MS-DOS Window in Windows 95.
>
>
>E. JFW Lite listserv.
>There is a new JFW mailing list, called JFW Lite, available here in the
>United States. This list is geared toward new users seeking help with JAWS
>FOR WINDOWS.
>
>To subscribe to JFWLite, send a blank email message to:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>At the moment the list is fairly small and they are seeking membership from
>JFW users.
>
>
>F. New scripts on the HJ web site.
>There are new beta scripts for certain applications now on the HJ web site.
> The URL is http://www.hj.com/JFW/Scripts/JFWBetaScripts.html. Currently,
>we have new beta scripts for RealPlayer G2, PowerPoint 97, and Dragon
>Naturally Speaking versions 2 & 3. Check here from time-to-time for new
>beta scripts to be posted.
>
>
>G. New training classes available.
>We have added two new training classes to our existing classes for access
>technology professionals and trainers. The two new titles are:
>* Teaching the Internet Explorer 4.01 Suite with JAWS for Windows for
>Professionals.
>* Teaching Word 8 with JAWS for Windows.
>The URL for our training workshops is:
>http://www.hj.com/Training/Workshops.html.
>
>
>H. Video card news.
>The URL for our video card page is
>http://www.hj.com/TechSupport/JFWTS/JFWVideo/JFWVCINFO.html.
>The new version of JFW, version 3.3, has much better support for video
>cards than JFW version 3.2. We have begun testing a wider variety of video
>cards, in an attempt to stay current with video card trends.
>
>Listed below are several cards which we have tested and confirmed to work
>with JFW that are not yet posted on our web page. Where there are drivers
>needed, I have tried to give the file name and URL to the location. NOTE:
>These video card drivers may also have text files with instructions which
>you may want to read that may or may not be included in the URL's below.
>Additionally, since this is a preliminary report, please treat and use this
>information as beta information, until final results are posted to our web
>site by our testing department.
>
>If you have specific new video cards that you would like to see us test,
>let us know and we will turn in those requests to our testing department.
>
>1. ATI, All-In-Wonder Pro, Xpert 98, Rage IIC, and 3D Rage Pro all work
>with JFW 3.2 and 3.3 in 95/98/NT. In Windows 95 or 98, you must use the
>older 16-bit drivers provided by ATI. Testing has not yet been completed
>for MAGic.
>Windows 95 & 98 URL is http://driver.atitech.ca/drivers/w52330en.exe.
>
>2. ATI, Mach 64 GT, the URL for the driver for Windows 95 or 98 is
>http://download.atitech.ca/drivers/w95-2139.exe.
>
>3. Cirrus Logic, CL-GD5446, works with JFW 3.2 and 3.3 in 95/98/NT. Works
>with MAGic NT.
>
>4. Diamond, Viper V550 AGP, works with JFW 3.2 and 3.3 in 95/98/NT. In
>Windows 95 or 98, you must use NVidia Riva TNT. Testing has not yet been
>completed for MAGic.
>The URL for Windows 95 or 98 drivers is
>http://www.nvidia.com/Marketing/Developer/OpenDrvDwn.nsf/4938fcf0bd98786a88
2
>565fb006924e7/28f9ab8b2fc351eb882566cc0071e284/$FILE/W9x048ag.zip
>
>5. Diamond, Monster Fusion AGP, works with JFW 3.2 and 3.3 in 95/98/NT.
>Testing has not yet been completed for MAGic.
>
>6. Diamond, Fire 1000 GL Pro AGP, works with JFW 3.2 and 3.3 in 95/98/NT.
>Testing has not yet been completed for MAGic.
>
>7. Matrox, G100 AGP, works with JFW 3.2 and 3.3 in 95/98/NT. Works with
>MAGic 95/98/NT.
>
>8. Matrox, MGA G200 AGP, works with JFW 3.2 and 3.3 in 95/98/NT. Testing
>has not yet been completed for MAGic.
>
>9. STB, Velocity 4400 AGP, works with JFW 3.2 and 3.3 in 95/98/NT. In
>Windows 95 or 98, you must use drivers provided by NVidia. Works with
>MAGic NT.
>http://www.nvidia.com/Marketing/Developer/OpenDrvDwn.nsf/4938fcf0bd98786a88
2
>565fb006924e7/28f9ab8b2fc351eb882566cc0071e284/$FILE/W9x048ag.zip
>
>
>I. Java (TM) overview.
>Several persons have asked me what Java (TM) is, actually, and how it may
>affect them in their daily lives. I went to the Sun Microsystems web site
>and compiled this general information about Java along with a few of the
>examples they gave. I want to make it perfectly clear that I am not, by
>any means, a Java expert, so for information beyond this general
>explanation, I would direct you to the following Sun Microsystems web
>sites. Their main site is http://www.sun.com. Their access information is
>at http://www.sun.com/access. There is a primer on Java at
>http://www.sun.com/access/wp-caped.
>
>Table of contents for Java (TM) information.
>1. Introduction.
>2. What Is the Java (TM) Platform?
>3. How Does Java (TM) Technology Work?
>4. How Java (TM) technology works with desktop computers running web
browsers.
>5. How Java (TM) Technology works in Mobile Phones.
>
>1. Introduction.
>Java (TM) technologies are rapidly being embraced by industry and education
>alike. Over 400 colleges and universities now teach the Java language as a
>beginning computer programming course. On the corporate front, a recent
>survey found that in the coming year 84% of corporations will be developing
>new applications in the Java language and 75% of them will use it to extend
>the life of their legacy applications. This rapid embracement is further
>evident by the latest numbers for Java programmers - over 700,000 - and the
>more than 1,000 books that have been written on this technology. The Java
>phenomenon is only three and a half years old.
>
>And yet, people with disabilities are only just starting to be exposed to
>and to be affected by Java technologies in a significant way. It is this
>growing exposure that is driving further investigation into what the Java
>platform can do and, more importantly, into what type of accessibility
>support has been built into the platform.
>
>It all began when a few Sun Microsystems' old-timers, including James
>Gosling, needed a programming language for a new set of
>consumer-electronics devices they were building. Gosling developed the
>language and called it "Oak". Upon finding out that the name Oak was
>taken, a late-night meeting at a local cafe determined the new name - Java.
> The Java programming language was developed as a small-footprint
>object-oriented programming language loosely based on C++ that would be
>processor-independent and network savvy. The work that resulted in the
>invention of the Java platform was focused on producing an interactive
>computer-television system that enabled the functionality provided in
>today's set top boxes - email, web browsing, TV programming, and more. It
>originally encompassed both hardware and software aspects but soon came to
>become a software-focused development effort. Taking a page from UNIX's
>early days, Sun freely released the Java language and platform to get
>design input and to promote early visibility with developers. The
>resulting interest in and feedback on the Java platform exceeded everyone's
>expectations and led to the open design process that is still followed and
>is a requirement in technology development methods used at Sun.
>
>2. What Is the Java (TM) Platform?
>The Java (TM) platform is a fundamentally new way of computing, based on
>the power of networks and the idea that the same software should run on
>many different kinds of computers, consumer gadgets, and other devices.
>
>Java technology's product possibilities and realities cover a broad range
>of user environments. Future JavaOS (TM) generations include networked
>computers, public systems, such as information kiosks and automatic teller
>machines, home-based products, such as set-top boxes and environmental
>control systems. People are excited about the Java platform because it
>allows software engineers to "Write Once, Run Anywhere" (TM) - that is, to
>develop a single version of an application that can be used on a variety of
>computers and devices. This means that users will see better integration
>occurring between their desktop work systems, intermittently connected work
>systems, PDAs, and ATM. Large companies, independent software vendors
>(ISVs), and government agencies benefit because they are able to
>consolidate the groups of software engineers working on applications for
>different platforms into one group working on Java app/lets that run on any
>of these same platforms.
>
>With Java technology, you can use the same application from any kind of
>machine -- a PC, a Macintosh computer, a network computer, or even new
>technologies like Internet screen phones.
>
>The idea is simple: Java software works just about everywhere -- from the
>smallest devices to supercomputers. Java technology components don't care
>what kind of computer, phone, TV, or operating system they run on. They
>just work, on any kind of compatible device that supports the Java
platform.
>
>Java technology is widely regarded as revolutionary, because it was
>designed to let computers and devices communicate with one another much
>more easily than ever before.
>
>If you're reading this in a Web browser on a personal computer or
>workstation, you've probably already got the Java platform. It's
>incorporated into all major Web browsers.
>
>And soon the Java platform will be built into next-generation telephones,
>TV set-top boxes, smart cards that fit in your wallet, and many other
>consumer and business devices.
>
>Perhaps the most visible examples of Java software today are on the
>Internet and on enterprise networks. They're nimble, interactive programs
>called "applets". Applets work inside Web browsers on computers and other
>devices.
>
>And there are other kinds of Java software: Java programs can run directly
>on your computer (without requiring a browser), or on servers, on large
>mainframe computers, or other devices.
>
>For example, Java software running on servers in large companies monitors
>transactions and ties together data from existing computer systems. Other
>companies are using Java software on their internal web sites to streamline
>communication and the flow of information between departments, suppliers
>and customers.
>
>3. How Does Java (TM) Technology Work?
>Java (TM) software is typically delivered over a network, and can also be
>installed on computers from traditional media such as CD-ROMs. The same
>program or software component can run on a variety of computers and
devices.
>
>Java programs run on so many different kinds of systems thanks to a
>component of the platform called the Java virtual machine -- a kind of
>translator that turns general Java platform instructions into tailored
>commands that make the devices do their work.
>
>4. How Java (TM) technology works with desktop computers running web
browsers.
>Java (TM) software runs in many places, on many kinds of computers and
>devices. Here's how it works on a desktop computer in a Web browser:
>References to Java software are embedded on a Web page. This page can be
>stored on the network or local disk. When the Web browser sees these
>references, it loads the Java software (called an "applet") transparently
>and securely. The applet is then processed by the Java virtual machine,
>which is built into the browser. The Java virtual machine first does
>stringent security checks, and then runs the applet, which appears and
>interoperates inside the browser. The computer's operating system provides
>machine-specific support for many of the actual operations and
interactions.
>
>Result: The user gets an interactive Java applet running in a browser. The
>Java virtual machine serves as consistent platform on different kinds of
>computers and operating systems, so that the same Java applet runs in
>browsers on PCs, Macs, UNIX� workstations, Network Computers, and
elsewhere.
>
>5. How Java (TM) Technology works in Mobile Phones.
>Java software can be built into the phone, or delivered in real time via a
>wireless connection. Examples of applications are stock quotes, calendars,
>and address books. Some applications will interact with a back-end server,
>so that software on the phone is kept small and light. A screen display
>engine provides the visible interface on the phone, and interacts with the
>Java virtual machine. The Java virtual machine runs the software, after
>first doing stringent security checks. Often, the Java virtual machine is
>integrated directly into the phone's real time operating system. The
>phone's real-time operating system provides device-specific support for
>many of the actual operations and interactions.
>
>Result: Interactive Java software integrated into the phone. Java software
>can also control the behind-the-scenes workings of the phone itself, and
>manage automatic software updates.
>
>Note: The method for displaying Java applets and applications varies by
>make and model of phone. Large, full-featured phones may contain tiny Web
>browsers. Simpler models may have a basic applet viewer or display engine
>built in. Regardless of this internal architecture of the phone, though,
>the Java software itself is device-independent.
>
>
>J. Lotus Notes version 5.
>Henter-Joyce, Inc. and IBM have agreed to a partnership to make Lotus Notes
>5.0 more accessible. Lotus Notes version 5.0 has support for MSAA included
>and we will be working with IBM to ensure that the two programs work well
>together. Check our web site at www.hj.com for further developments in the
>near future.
>
>-- end of newsletter --
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