JAWS 12 Features The following features are new to JAWS 12. For more information and complete demonstrations, listen to the August 2010 FSCast.
JAWS BrailleIn The JAWS BrailleIn feature allows you to work with your computer using only your Perkins-style braille keyboard. A number of braille keystrokes are available to control your computer. Visit the Braille Display Input Commands Web page for a list of supported keystrokes. For other braille displays, contact the manufacturer for a list of keystrokes. Contracted Braille Typing Using the new Contracted Braille Input feature, you can now type contracted braille using your Perkins-style braille keyboard, and then have it immediately translated back as normal text in the current e-mail, document, or form. If an application or specific edit box does not support contracted braille, JAWS announces the message, "Computer Braille." Contracted Braille Input is off by default. To turn it on, do the following: list of 5 items 1. Press INSERT+F2, and select Settings Center. 2. In the Search edit box, type "Contracted Braille Input" without the quotes. 3. Press DOWN ARROW to move to Contracted Braille Input in the filtered search results in the tree view. 4. Next, press SPACEBAR to select the Contracted Braille Input check box. 5. Press TAB to move to the OK button, and then SPACEBAR to save the change and close Settings Center. You can now type in contracted braille using your Perkins-style braille keyboard. list end Settings Center JAWS Settings Center is a new feature that allows you to quickly configure and globally apply JAWS settings, or configure and apply settings for a specific application. It consolidates all options into one convenient dialog box. It includes a Search edit box, which provides an extremely fast way to find and edit JAWS functionality. Settings Center continues to use JCF files and is a direct replacement for Configuration Manager. Settings Center consists of six primary areas described below. Press TAB or SHIFT+TAB to move through different parts of the dialog box. list of 6 items . Application combo box: Select an application from the list to modify its settings for use with JAWS. To retrieve the JAWS default settings, press CTRL+SHIFT+D. To retrieve application settings, press SHIFT+TAB to move focus to the Application combo box. Next, select the application from the combo box, and then press TAB to move focus back to the tree view pane. . Search edit box: Press CTRL+E to move focus to the Search box. Type a search word or phrase in the edit box to reduce the number of items that appear in the tree view list. Press DOWN ARROW to move to search results, and then press ENTER to move focus directly to that item in the tree view. . Settings tree view pane: Use the tree view pane to select and change settings for the selected application. To retrieve the JAWS default settings, press CTRL+SHIFT+D. To retrieve application settings, press SHIFT+TAB twice to move focus to the Application combo box. Next, select the application from the combo box, and then press TAB to move focus back to the tree view pane. For a brief description of the item selected in the tree view, press TAB to move focus to the read-only edit box. Use the Say Line or Say All commands to read the help message. To vertically scroll through the tree view, use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys, PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN keys, or first letter navigation. Use the LEFT and RIGHT ARROW keys to expand or collapse tree view groups. Use the SPACEBAR to move through and change settings for each option. . Configuration display pane: As you move through the tree view, a sighted user can simultaneously track cursor movement using the configuration display pane. Press F6 to switch between the tree view and this pane. This is necessary when typing in an edit or edit spin box. . Help message pane: Displays context-sensitive help for the item currently selected in the tree view. Use the Say Line or Say All commands to read the help message. . Apply, OK, and Cancel: Use Apply to make changes. Use OK to save changes and close Settings Center. Use Cancel to close Settings Center without saving changes. list end To use Settings Center, do the following: list of 2 items 1. Press INSERT+F2, and select Settings Center. Settings appear for the application that has focus. The cursor is in the Search edit box. 2. If you know the setting that you want to change, type a term for it in the edit box. For example, type the word "braille" without the quotes for a filtered list of braille settings. Next, press DOWN ARROW to move to the filtered results in the tree view. list end Note: To load the default JAWS settings, press CTRL+SHIFT+D, and then search for the setting as previously described. To select a different application, press SHIFT+TAB to move to the Application edit box. Use ARROW Keys or first letter navigation to select the application, and then press CTRL+E to search for the setting as previously described. list of 2 items 3. Press SPACEBAR to select check boxes, radio buttons, or other buttons, and press F6 to switch between an edit box and the tree view to change settings. 4. Choose Apply to apply changes and remain in Settings Center, OK to save changes and exit Settings Center, or Cancel to close Settings Center without saving changes. The new settings are saved to the appropriate JCF file. list end Virtual Ribbon Menu The Ribbons in Microsoft Office applications and Windows 7 create an accessibility challenge due to inconsistent navigation between various groups and items. For example, when you enter the Lower Ribbon and press the ARROW keys to move between items in a group, you can skip items and unexpectedly move into another group. Pressing TAB gives no indication that you have left one group and entered another. Using first letter navigation to find items can be difficult and frustrating. Finally, because of a group's layout, you do not know if you should navigate up, down, left, or right to select an item. The new Virtual Ribbon provides predictable navigation, lets you see everything in the Ribbon, and offers consistency when navigating with ARROW keys. For example, the ARROW and TAB keys move focus from the Upper Ribbon tabs to the Lower Ribbon groups. Once in a group, the ARROW, TAB, and SHIFT+TAB keys move through all items in a group, move from one group to the next, and wrap to the beginning of the Ribbon. For submenus, SPACEBAR and ENTER expands menus, and ESCAPE collapses menus. Reverse Panning Buttons for Braille Reverse Panning Buttons is a new feature that allows you to switch the direction of left and right panning buttons. This is a great benefit if you are a two-handed braille user who reads different parts of a braille line at the same time. By the time your right hand reaches the end of the display, your left hand can be back at the left side of the display ready to advance it. This can significantly increase braille reading and is ideal for braille power users. To use reverse panning, do the following: list of 5 items 1. Press INSERT+F2 and select Settings Center. 2. In the Search edit box, type "Reverse Panning Buttons" without the quotes. 3. Press DOWN ARROW to move to Reverse Panning Buttons in the filtered search results in the tree view. 4. Press SPACEBAR to select the Reverse Panning Buttons check box. 5. Press TAB to move to the OK button, and then SPACEBAR to save the change and close Settings Center. JAWS is now configured so that when you press a left Navrow button or Panning key, panning advances to the right. Likewise, when you press a right Navrow button or Panning button, panning advances to the left. To restore normal panning operation, repeat this procedure and clear the Reverse Panning Buttons check box. list end Marking and Returning to a Place in Word Word uses bookmarks to let you mark and later find locations in a document. However, this also means that you are editing and changing the document. Using the new Marked Place feature in JAWS, you can now mark a location without affecting the document. It allows you to easily return to the marked place any time, even after closing Word or rebooting your computer. There is no need to remember that location or use Navigation Quick Keys or a dialog to find it, as you would a bookmark. Also, if you share the document with others, the marker will not be available to them. Press CTRL+WINDOWS Key+K to set or move the marker. Only one marker can be set per document. Press WINDOWS Key+K to return to the marked location. This feature also makes it easy to select large blocks of text. Just mark a starting point in the document, read and navigate until you reach the end of the text that you want to select, and then press INSERT+SPACEBAR, M. This acts the same way as clicking and dragging a mouse over text. Once selected, feel free to copy, cut, or paste the text anywhere you like. Text Analyzer When editing a document using speech only, inconsistencies such as unmatched parentheses, unintentional format changes, extra whitespace, and stray or unspaced punctuation can often be missed. The new Text Analyzer feature is a tool that notifies you of these errors in your document by using a spoken message or WAV file. You can configure JAWS to announce discrepancies by count, by description, or by sound while proofreading the document by line, sentence, paragraph, or Say All command. Braille users will benefit from this since a sound can be emitted before the user has time to read the entire line looking for errors. Text Analyzer is off by default. To turn it on, do one of the following: list of 3 items . Use the new layered keystroke, INSERT+SPACEBAR, T. By pressing and releasing INSERT+SPACEBAR, and then pressing T, the Text Analyzer can be switched on or off. . Open Settings Center (INSERT+F2), press CTRL+E and search for Text Analyzer, and then press SPACEBAR to select an alert notification. . Use the Adjust JAWS Options dialog box (INSERT+V) to select Text Analyzer, and then select the type of alert notification to use. list end If multiple issues are identified in the document, press ALT+WINDOWS Key+I to move to the next item, or ALT+SHIFT+WINDOWS Key+I to move to the previous item. Note that these keystrokes can still be used even if Text Analyzer is off. Say All Schemes Continuous reading of a Web page or Word document with numerous links can be frustrating due to constant interruptions that identify links and headings on the page. An example of this is when you read a Wikipedia article using the Say All command, where many words in the article are links to other articles. The Say All Scheme feature can alleviate this annoyance by using an unobtrusive sound or no link and heading indication at all to provide a smooth reading experience when using the Say All command. Say All Schemes is located in the Say All group in Settings Center. Select No Change to continue using the current speech and sounds scheme in use. Select Say All Text with Sounds to hear a subtle WAV file sound, such as a Ding, when JAWS reads a link or heading. Select Say All Text Only to ignore HTML elements like links and headings. You can also use Add/Remove, which is a button in the Say All group, to add and use other schemes for Say All Reading. Automatic Notification of Updates When JAWS starts, it can now alert you if a software update is available. You then have the option to install it now or later. This is known as Automatic Notification of Updates and is on by default. If you decide not to install the JAWS update now, you can always manually check for updates using the update feature in the JAWS Help menu. To turn auto notification on or off, choose Basics in the JAWS Options menu, and select or clear the Automatic Notification of Updates check box. Hotkey Component for Structured Braille Support When using Structured Mode, you can configure the amount of information and the order in which the information appears on the braille display when navigating the controls in a dialog box, an Office Ribbon, or a spreadsheet. Component information includes a control's name, state, type, and so on. Using the Define Structured Mode feature, you can now determine if hotkeys are included in the descriptive details and the placement of this information on the braille display. This provides several benefits. For familiar or less complex application, you can turn off hotkey information, which will save valuable space on a small braille display. For complex applications, you can turn on hotkey information and change its relative position on the braille display so that it immediately appears after the name of the control. The hotkey component is turned off by default. To turn on the hotkey component and change its position, do the following: list of 8 items 1. Press INSERT+F2, and select Settings Center. 2. In the Search edit box, type "Define Structured Mode" without the quotes. 3. Press DOWN ARROW to move to Define Structured Mode in the filtered search results in the tree view. 4. Press SPACEBAR to choose the button and open the Control Type Options dialog box. Focus is in the Control Properties page. 5. Select a control from the Control Properties list, and then choose Modify Control. 6. In the Available To list, select Hotkey and add it to the Show On list. Use the Up or Down buttons to change its position in the list. 7. Choose OK to close this dialog box, and OK again to close the Control Type Options dialog box. 8. Press TAB to move to the OK button, and then SPACEBAR to save and close Settings Center. list end Note: To turn off the hotkey component, select Hotkey from the Show On list, and choose the Remove button. Update to MLB Scores and NFL Scores The MLB Scores and NFL Scores lookup sources in Research It have been expanded and now provide links to box scores and game summaries. Each game listed in the Virtual Viewer is now a link. Select any link to launch your Web browser and read a recap and statistics of past games, or a preview of future games. In addition, the MLB Scores lookup source has been revised to list all baseball games together instead of grouping separately into American and National leagues. Keyboard Lock The Keyboard Lock feature is useful when you want to prevent accidental keyboard action. A typical example for locking the keyboard would be when you are transferring files across a network or when a download is in progress. This feature will prevent file transfer or download cancellation if you accidentally press a key. Keyboard Lock is also ideal for JAWS Tandem sessions where it can prevent inadvertent keyboard activity on the target-side computer. While the keyboard is locked, you can still run JAWS reading commands like Say Line, Say Window Title, and Say Word. For example, you can position the JAWS cursor at a specific location on the screen, and then use the Say Line command to monitor that location while the keyboard is locked. Also, the invisible cursor and the braille cursor can roam the screen without moving the active cursor. To switch Keyboard Lock on and off, press INSERT+SPACEBAR, L. Although this feature locks the keyboard and braille display, it does not affect mouse activity. Back to top from JAWS 12 Features region landmark Enhancements in JAWS 12.0.413 (September 2010) The following is a list of improvements available in this public beta release. Note that while many customer reported enhancements are included in this release, the following is a list of more notable changes. JAWS list of 19 items . Updated the NBA and NHL lookup sources in Research It so that links to box scores and game summaries are available. . Resolved a reported issue with team abbreviations and misspelling when using the NFL lookup source in Research It. . Resolved an issue where JAWS was not announcing tree level changes when expanding and collapsing topics in the JAWS help system. . Resolved an issue where Dictionary Manager would fail when adding a word. . Resolved a customer reported issue where JAWS took a long time to start. . Resolved contracted English braille errors with the e-a, e-r, o-u, i-n, e-n, and s-t signs. . In the JAWS Startup Wizard, the Grade 2 braille setting is now labeled Contracted Braille Input. . Resolved a customer reported issue of sluggish operation when using braille during a remote desktop connection. . Resolved an issue where the incorrect value for the braille reading line end position was being written to the configuration file. . Resolved Research It speech issues when using INSERT+B or closing the Virtual Viewer. . Resolved a customer reported issue regarding the use of CTRL+TAB, CTRL+PAGE DOWN, and CTRL+PAGE UP. . Resolved a customer reported issue where items in the Research It Options dialog list were not announced correctly. . Resolved several customer reported items regarding INSERT+F1 help message descriptions. . Resolved a braille issue where JAWS would announce an error after changing the User Pan Mode setting to Fixed Panning Increment. . Resolved an issue where Manual Forms Mode would not activate when pressing ENTER in a form field. . When opening a list of links, focus is now on the link closest to the current cursor position. This was a customer reported issue. . Resolved a customer reported issue where JAWS would not announce long descriptions for graphic links on a Web page. The ALT+ENTER keystroke will now do this. . Resolved a customer reported issue where JAWS would close after pressing SHIFT+END in a command window. . Resolved an issue where JAWS announced the wrong description for check boxes embedded in an HTML table. list end Adobe Reader and Adobe Flex list of 1 items . Resolved multiple issues when using edit combo boxes and form fields in Adobe Reader and Adobe Flex. list end Firefox list of 6 items . Resolved an issue where JAWS did not correctly identify buttons in Google Reader. . Resolved an issue where JAWS would not announce some lines of text on a Web page when using the JAWS Cursor or Invisible Cursor. . Resolved an issue where JAWS was not correctly reading ARIA landmark labels or announcing buttons and links with the assigned ARIA-DescribedBy property. . Resolved issues with the ARIA-Label property and the ARIA-Controls property when using JAWS with Firefox. . Resolved an issue where JAWS was not correctly announcing items in an ARIA tree view. . Resolved an issue where JAWS did not support the built-in audio player in Firefox 3.5. list end Internet Explorer list of 10 items . Resolved a customer reported issue where JAWS would only speak one line at a time when using paragraph navigation to move through a list of elements on a Web page. . Resolved an issue where JAWS incorrectly inserted line breaks in Virtual Cursor presentation. . Resolved an issue where changes to the Custom Page Summary option caused JAWS to stop reading PlaceMarkers. . Resolved an issue where a voice that was selected for a control type in Speech and Sounds Manager would continue in use while reading the remainder of a Web page using the Say All command. . Resolved an issue where the voice selected for a specific control type would be used when using Navigation Quick Keys to select that control. . Resolved an issue where JAWS was not announcing clickable items while moving through a Web page. . Resolved an issue where Web page elements that use the ARIA drag and drop property were announced twice. . Resolved a customer reported issue where JAWS was not correctly reading the Internet Explorer 8 About dialog box. . Resolved a customer reported issue where JAWS did not correctly read search at the National Library Service for the Blind Web site. . If a download link on a Web page was selected, which then launched a download dialog box, pressing ALT+TAB to return to the Web page would place focus at the top of the page instead of the initial link. This issue has been resolved. list end Microsoft Excel list of 8 items . Resolved an issue where an incorrect keystroke for Set Cell Marker was listed in the JAWS help file. . Resolved an issue where JAWS was not supporting grouped worksheets in Excel. . Resolved an issue where JAWS did not provide font or attribute information for row or column title cells. . Resolved an issue for editing the X and Y axis titles in Excel 2007 tables. . Resolved a customer reported issue where JAWS was announcing all items in a context menu instead of the currently selected item. . Resolved a customer reported issue where JAWS would not announce a file name that is highlighted in the Save As or Publish as PDF edit boxes. . Resolved a customer reported issue where a worksheet with a large number of filtered items would stop speech and then cause JAWS to close. . Resolved a customer reported issue where JAWS was not correctly announcing items in the Manage Rules dialog box. list end Microsoft Office list of 2 items . Resolved an issue in the Options menu dialog box used for several Office 2007 applications. JAWS now correctly reads highlighted items that appear in the Category list box. . Resolved an issue with the Backstage View, an Office 2010 replacement for the File menu in Office 2003 and the Office button in Office 2007, where JAWS was using incorrect terminology to describe interface elements. list end Microsoft Outlook list of 12 items . Resolved an issue where JAWS would not respond if an appointment in Outlook 2003 was set to 11:00 a.m. . When an Outlook 2007 or higher message contains a table, JAWS now provides a notification describing the best way to view the information in your Web browser. . Resolved an issue where JAWS was not announcing characters phonetically when moving by characters in an e-mail message. . Resolved an issue where JAWS would close after turning off the Navigation pane in Outlook Calendar. . Resolved an issue where JAWS was announcing combo box labels when moving through the Calendar Options dialog box. . Resolved an issue where JAWS was speaking the tutor help message for each calendar as it gained focus in the Calendar Folders tree view. . Resolved an issue in Calendar where JAWS would only announce the first appointment on days that contained multiple appointments. . Resolved an issue in Contacts in Outlook 2010 where items were not announced while moving through the Manage Views dialog box. . Resolved an issue in the Outlook 2010 Calendar where JAWS was not announcing dates and appointments. . Resolved an issue where JAWS was announcing the Date category twice when using Outlook 2007. . Resolved a customer reported issue in Outlook 2007 or later where JAWS did not move focus to an item that was found using the JAWS Find dialog box. . Resolved a customer reported issue where JAWS was not announcing all information when creating a new appointment in Outlook Calendar. list end Microsoft PowerPoint list of 2 items . Resolved an issue where JAWS was reading individual lines of text as a paragraph when reading by line. . Resolved an issue in PowerPoint where JAWS would announce the number 1 instead of bullet when reading a bulleted list. list end Microsoft Word list of 25 items . Resolved an issue where JAWS would announce Ribbon or form field information twice. . Resolved an issue where the error message "Unknown function call to CellChangedEvent" would appear while in a table and opening or closing a dialog menu. appears. . Resolved an issue where the error message "CellChangedEvent" was announced several times when a table gained focus. . Resolved an issue where the WINDOWS Key+COMMA and WINDOWS Key+PERIOD keystrokes were not working correctly while reading the current row or column in a Word table. . Resolved a customer reported issue where JAWS announced the previous character or word instead of the text at current cursor position. This happened when navigating by character or word while configured for phonetic spelling. . Resolved an issue where speech would stop and JAWS would close when trying to read a long passage of text after toggling text case using SHIFT+F3. . Resolved an issue where INSERT+TAB did not announce column title, row title, or cell contents. . When moving through a table of contents, JAWS no longer announces the underlying cross reference information. . Resolved an issue where JAWS would announce "blank" instead of the word with focus when using CTRL+LEFT ARROW to move to the previous word. . Resolved an issue where the contents of a different table cell were read instead of the current table cell when using ALT+WINDOWS Key+LEFT ARROW or ALT+WINDOWS Key+RIGHT ARROW. . Resolved an issue where form fields were announced twice when using Navigation Quick Keys to move through a form. . JAWS now retains the value set for the "Define Bookmark Table Column and Row Titles Override" option in the Adjust JAWS Options dialog box. . Resolved an issue where table cell coordinates were not announced when using various keystrokes to move through a table. . When paragraph marks are on in a document, JAWS now announces the marks when moving by line. . Resolved an issue where JAWS would not identify background colors in Word when using Speech and Sounds Manager. . Resolved an issue where vertical bars were not announced while reading a table using the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW keys. This happened while configured for Screen Layout Mode. . Resolved an issue where JAWS would not announce text marker items such as spaces and tabs. . Resolved an issue where JAWS did not announce the type of text alignment used in the document. . Resolved an issue where JAWS would not read new form fields created in Word 2007. . Resolved an issue where JAWS would not announce the item selected in the Underline combo box. . Resolved a customer reported issue where JAWS was not reading everything in the Bookmark dialog box. . Resolved an issue where JAWS would not turn off the italic, bold, and underline attributes in a Word 2003 document. . Resolved an issue regarding consistent terminology in Hot Key help messages. . Resolved an issue with Word and Outlook where a braille display did not show proofreading marks when this option was turned on. . Resolved several braille issue with Word where positional information, field name, and value information for check boxes, list boxes, and form fields was not being shown on a braille display. list end WinAmp list of 1 items . Resolved a customer reported issue where JAWS was not announcing the state of a check box during Winamp installation. list end Windows 7 list of 1 items . Resolved a customer reported issue with Windows 7 where JAWS did not announce the correct number of items when moving through a split button menu. Also resolved an issue with help text descriptions in Windows Explorer. list end Windows Live Mail list of 3 items . Resolved an issue when using the ALT+1 key to read or move to the >From field in a message header. . Resolved an issue where after deleting the current e-mail message, JAWS would not announce the headers or content of the next e-mail message. . Resolved issues with text descriptions for Hot Key help messages. list end Windows Media Player list of 1 items . Resolved an issue with Windows Media Player and Research it when running JAWS on a Windows XP computer. list end If u want to try as 40 minute mode, download the software from the following link, ftp://ftp.freedomscientific.com/users/hj/private/WebFiles/JAWS/J12.0.413-32bit.exe -- Paper has more patients than the people, "Ann Frank". 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