What's New in JAWS 10 Public Beta Note: The following information provides details about the upcoming JAWS 10 public beta release. It is scheduled to be posted for download during the week of August 24, 2008.
Thank you for participating in the JAWS 10 English public beta test. This page provides all the necessary details that you need to know. Please take a few moments to review this information and take advantage of the beta report link to provide Freedom Scientific your feedback during the public beta. Please note that while the final release of JAWS 10 will be a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA) upgrade, this public beta version will run for anyone with a JAWS license that provides access to JAWS 9. You can verify your ILM authorization by going to www.fsactivate.com , choosing the Continue Product Activation button, and then choosing the link labeled "Verify the number of activation keys available for your Freedom Scientific product." On this page, enter your serial number to find out if your license is current and what release version is allowed. For those who do not have a JAWS 9 or later license, you can still install the public beta version and run it using 40-Minute Demo mode. This public beta version will expire later this year. To use JAWS without interruption, you must continue to update to later versions of the public beta and then to the final release. Please use the Check for Updates feature in the Help menu each week to be sure that you have the most current software. Note: You do not have to remove earlier versions of JAWS to install JAWS 10. Your previous versions will continue to function when you have JAWS 10 installed, just as each new major version release of JAWS has in the past. Technical Support During the Public Beta While in public beta, general technical support of JAWS 10 is not available using our direct support phone lines. We request that you send feedback directly to Freedom Scientific using the Beta Report form. JAWS 10 Features JAWS Release 10 offers several new features and improvements as described on this page. To learn more, read the entire What's New or press INSERT+F6 to open a list of headings and then jump directly to a specific item. hNew JAWS 10 Features Demonstrated in FSCast Listen to Eric Damery, Product Manager for JAWS, and Jonathan Mosen, Vice President of Blindness Hardware Product Development, discuss the latest JAWS 10 enhancements in the August 2008 FSCast. Surf's Up! Surfing the Internet with JAWS Surf's Up! , the Freedom Scientific Web page that explains how to surf the Web with JAWS, has been updated to help instructors and students take advantage of the new JAWS 10 features that are mentioned on this page. Pay particular attention to the Forms page. It gives great details for using the new Auto Forms Mode function. Auto Forms Mode Forms Mode is a function of JAWS that lets you type text into edit fields or select combo box values on Web pages and Adobe Acrobat forms. By default, when using Navigation Quick Keys such as F for next form field or E for next edit box, you must manually turn on Forms Mode using ENTER or NUM PAD PLUS and turn off Forms Mode using ESC. The manual method for controlling Forms Mode may be better suited for experienced JAWS users. Auto Forms Mode automatically turns on Forms Mode when you move into combo box controls using TAB, or edit fields using TAB and ARROW Keys. This means that you can freely type in the edit field without having to first press ENTER. When you exit the control, Forms Mode turns off. This functionality can be very useful for new and sighted JAWS users in training environments. By default, Auto Forms Mode is on. There are two ways to turn it off. First, you can press INSERT+V and then change the Auto Forms Mode option to off. Second, you can use the new Forms Mode Options dialog located in Configuration Manager. RealSpeak Solo Direct Synthesizers JAWS 10 supports RealSpeak™ Solo Direct synthesizers from Nuance(R) Communications. These new synthesizers work exclusively with Freedom Scientific products, provide better speed and performance over the Nuance synthesizers supplied with earlier JAWS versions, and will not interfere with any synthesizers currently installed on your system. To listen to samples or download these synthesizers, go to the RealSpeak Solo Direct Voices for Freedom Scientific Products Web page. Another way to open this page is to use the new RealSpeak Solo Direct link available in the JAWS application window. The link is in Web Resources under the Help menu. Dictionary Manager Tree View The Dictionary Manager lets you change the way JAWS speaks words, phrases, abbreviations, or symbols to avoid any mispronunciation. In JAWS 10, the Dictionary manager has been expanded so that you can create rules applying to specific languages, synthesizers, or voices. Once the rule is created, it is added to the top of the Dictionary Entries list. It is identified by language, for example, English, and can be expanded into a tree view to show other restrictions that apply to the rule. To open the Dictionary Manager in any application, press INSERT+D. Navigation Quick Key Manager Navigation Quick Keys are convenient keystrokes that let you quickly move around Web pages, PDF files, Word documents, and Outlook e-mail messages. Beginning with JAWS 10, you can now change the keystroke assigned to a quick key with any unassigned letter or number using the Navigation Quick Key Manager. This gives you the flexibility of assigning a character that is easy for you to remember. Any changes that you make are immediately applied to the new quick key assignment. To open a Navigation Quick Key Manager from within an application, press INSERT+F2, N, and then ENTER. Voice Profiles The Global Voices and Individual Voices profiles in JAWS have been updated to closely match functionality available in MAGic 11 and later. These profiles let you create and save speech rate, pitch, synthesizer, language, punctuation level, and other speech options. Use the Default and Application radio buttons to apply the voice settings as new JAWS default values or as voice settings to a specific application. For more information about these items, open the JAWS Help file, select the Using JAWS book from the Table of Contents pane, and then open the Voice Settings book. To open the dialog box for either voice profile, choose Options (ALT+O) from the JAWS application window, select Voices (V), and then select Global Adjustment (G) or Individual Voice Adjustment (I). To change voice profiles on the fly, press INSERT+CTRL+S to open the Select a Voice Profile dialog box, and then select a profile from the list. Language Menu Changes The Synthesizer Language and Change Synthesizer commands have been removed from the Language menu in the JAWS application window and been replaced by the Voice Profiles command. This new command lets you select and instantly switch to another synthesizer and voice combination that you set up as a voice profile. For more about voice profiles, open the JAWS Help file, and refer to the Global Voices or Individual Voices topics. These topics are found in Voice Settings in the Using JAWS book. Unified English Braille or Contracted English Braille Setup JAWS can now provide contracted braille using either Contracted English Braille, formerly known as grade 2 braille, as defined in translation rules from the Braille Authority of North America (BANA), or Unified English Braille (UEB) as provided by the International Council on English Braille (IECB). Using Braille Options in the Configuration Manager, you can configure JAWS for either method using two new radio buttons: Contracted English Braille (default) and Unified English Braille. The braille translation method can be set up with or without a braille display attached to your system so that it is ready for use when you select the Enable Translator check box. Reply Directly to Sender on Mailing Lists The Reply Directly to Sender command, a JAWS command that you can use with Microsoft Outlook, is fully functional in JAWS 10. If you subscribe to a mailing list, this useful command lets you reply directly to the sender's e-mail address instead of the entire mailing list address. The keystroke for this command is INSERT+SHIFT+R. Downloading Freedom Scientific DAISY Books with FSReader Demo Starting with JAWS 10, you can use FSReader Demo to download DAISY books directly from the Freedom Scientific Web site. The advantage of this feature over earlier JAWS releases is that you no longer need the product CD to install any of the DAISY books. You can also use the Check for Updates command to quickly select and download DAISY books. From the Help menu in the JAWS application window, choose Check for Updates, select any DAISY book from the list, and then choose the Install button. Startup Wizard Change for Say All The Use SAPI 5 During Say All check box has been removed from the JAWS Startup Wizard. The wizard opens at the end of the installation process, or can be opened from the Help menu of the JAWS application window. To select a SAPI 5 or RealSpeak Direct Solo synthesizer and voice for Say All, use the Say All controls in the Global Voices or Individual Voices dialog box. ARIA Live Region Support JAWS can announce updates to live regions of Web pages when using Firefox 3 and later or Internet Explorer 8 and later. The dynamic section of a Web page that receives constant updates, such as news headlines, business information, and weather updates, is known as a live region. By default, JAWS announces updates for Web pages containing ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) Live Region markup. Web content creators add specific ARIA tags to their pages to mark regions as "live." To stop JAWS from announcing updates, use the Announce Live Region Updates option to temporarily turn off this functionality. Just press INSERT+V while running your Web browser, navigate to this option, and then press SPACEBAR. Windows Media Player 11 JAWS 10 supports Windows Media Player 11. For example, to hear the name of the track that is playing, press INSERT+CTRL+T. Also, while navigating a playlist, JAWS announces the track that is playing. Use auto playlist, a Windows Media Player feature that is fully functional with JAWS 10, to create, edit, and save playlists. Finally, with JAWS 10, the Windows Media Player user interface is much more intuitive when using sliders and toggle buttons to control items such as volume, crossfading, shuffle, and repeat. Microsoft Access 2007 JAWS 10 supports Access 2007. A great deal of work has been done to make sure that Access 2007 users find the out of the box experience working very well for both speech and braille output. JAWS now provides the proper information as you navigate with F6, enter and exit tables, or use Access wizards and dialogs. Better Performance with Microsoft Outlook Calendar Significant performance improvements have been made to the calendar in Microsoft Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2003. Script developers will appreciate the streamlining of scripts and internal code. This all leads to enhanced responsiveness, easier script localization, and better handling of date and time announcements. Run JAWS Without Speech The Run JAWS Without Speech check box has been removed from the Advanced Options command located under the Set Options menu in Configuration Manager. This check box is now available in the Advanced Options dialog box by choosing Options (ALT+O) from the JAWS application window, selecting Basic (B), and then selecting the Advanced button (D) in the Basic Settings dialog box. Script Manager Changes The SelectASynthesizer script (INSERT+CTRL+S) has been changed to the SelectAVoiceProfile script. Its purpose is to allow you to switch from one voice profile to another. Previously, the keystroke would let you dynamically change the speech synthesizer. It now allows you to dynamically change voice profiles. The SelectALanguage script (WINDOWS Key+CTRL+L) has been removed. New Keystroke for Reading Clipboard Contents You can now read the contents of the clipboard at anytime by pressing WINDOWS Key+INSERT+X. This feature was adopted from MAGic where it was first introduced. New HTML Table Keystrokes When in a table on a Web page, you can move between and read columns by pressing WINDOWS Key+LEFT ARROW, which reads the previous column, and by pressing WINDOWS Key+RIGHT ARROW, which reads the contents of the next column. Select JAWS Commands for HTML for additional table keystrokes. Back to top from JAWS 10 Features Home Dealer Locator Documentation Downloads Media Center Privacy Contact Us For more information on our products, call 1-800-444-4443 (c)2008 Freedom Scientific, Inc. All rights reserved. Web Site Comments Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. 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