Henter-Joyce Announces Freeware Release of JAWS for DOS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JANUARY 5, 1999 FOR MORE INFORMATION Wilson Craig Marketing Manager 800-336-5658 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Henter-Joyce, Inc. has announced that JAWS for DOS 2.31, the product that brought the company to prominence in the access technology industry in 1988, is now available as a free download from the internet. The company has now discontinued sales and shipments of JAWS for DOS. Those who wish to download and use the free software will require one of the many hardware speech synthesizers supported by JAWS for DOS. "Most people who use computers, including those who are blind and visually impaired, have migrated from DOS to Windows in recent years, and that's where we have focused our development efforts," said Henter-Joyce General Manager Jerry Bowman. "The decreased demand for DOS-based software, coupled with the overwhelming demand for our Windows-based screen reader, JAWS for Windows, makes this a good decision for us and for our customers." In order to better serve those using current versions of Henter-Joyce's JAWS for Windows (JFW) screen reader software, the company has discontinued technical support of JAWS for DOS. Technical support for JFW versions 1.X and 2.X will also be discontinued, with the exception of JFW 2.00.29 being used with Microsoft Windows 3.1. Support for JFW 3.2 and 3.0 will be continued as usual. The discontinuation of support for earlier versions of JFW will ensure that users of more current JFW software will receive technical support in a more timely and efficient manner. A link to the freeware download (with installation instructions) can be found on the Henter-Joyce web site at www.hj.com/SoftwareDownload/JFDOSINSTDNLD.html. - To unsubscribe, see the home page http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~nallan/jfw
