new features Enhancements in JAWS 11.0.729 (October 2009)
The following is a list of items addressed during the JAWS 11 development cycle and public beta releases. JAWS list of 41 items • Resolved a reported issue where, when trying to use JAWS and DecTalk Access32 without authorization, the pitch and rate settings for Eloquence were set to the maximum values. • Resolved an issue where JAWS was preventing certain processing of non-English characters in Console Applications when using non-English keyboard layouts. • Resolved an issue with Power Braille not properly re-initializing after returning from Standby. • Resolved reported issues where Research It lookups were failing in 64-bit Windows operating systems. • JAWS announces the correct value that is exposed via the valuenow attribute when interacting with a widget in Internet Explorer. • JAWS reads IBM Eclipse popup windows. • JAWS successfully works with FSBraille after using multiple accounts to log on to Windows. • Run JAWS from the command line with the /seloq switch, or /sRealSpeak switch, and Eloquence and RealSpeak pitch and speed are set to maximum and RealSpeak speaks Spanish. • The PowerBraille display works when installing the JAWS Network Client. • The Network JAWS client can switch to RealSpeak Solo Direct or SAPI5 synthesizers from Eloquence. • Resolved issue where SAPI4 synthesizers were not showing up in the Voice Profile list. • With PAC Mate Desktop running, voice parameters for the current synthesizer can be changed. • When you perform a search using Research It and you read the results in braille, the Virtual Viewer window no longer shows table coordinates for every line. • When you enter a date for an NFL or MLB game in the past, Research It no longer reports today's schedule or scores. • Resolved an issue where firewall settings may be causing problems with yielding Research It results • Updated the PlaceMarkers help topic with the proper keystrokes to allow users to move to PlaceMarkers 1 through 4. • Resolved a reported issue where screen corruption could occur at the location of the I-Beam mouse pointer in Windows XP on a notebook using an ATI Radeon X300. • JAWS incorrectly translates "and" in the braille rendering of the word fandom. • Resolved an issue with the PowerBraille 65/80 where braille F8+F9 caused an unknown function call to braillegrade2translatecurrentword. • Resolved a reported issue with speech being maintained on the PAC Mate when voice adjustments are made and an attempt is made to save changes. Note that this happened when users were using the PAC Mate Remote option only. • ResearchItByEnteringTerm has been added to INSERT+SPACEBAR, R. • Resolved a reported issue where the wrong rule set was getting called when choosing the Weather lookup in certain cases. • A Research It query now accepts Unicode and other special characters used in search strings. • Synchronizing scripts in JAWS 11 results in compilation failure • Synthesizer does not change but other settings do change when switching back to controller during a JAWS Tandem session. • If client is using DECTalk Express and likely other hardware, starting JAWS on the server renders wrong default DECTalk settings. • JAWS correctly announces that ALT+V is the access key for the Voice group when navigating controls in the Voice Adjustment dialog box. • JAWS now reads the Shutdown button on the Windows 7 Start menu when you press TAB to move to it. • Adjusted the Word navigation keyboard commands list so it now reads JAWS Key+Z instead of INSERT+Z. • All text is now spoken when scrolling through the Index list in the JAWS help file. • The functions ScreenEchoToggle and PunctuationSetLevelTextOutput now use different messages instead of cmsg15_l. This resolves a previous localization issue. • Rule files (.rul), for all Research It rule sets, now contain a version number. • The Weather lookup source in Research It now accepts airport codes. • A clear and concise message now appears in the Virtual Viewer window if a time-out error occurs when using Research It. • When you press WINDOWS Key+INSERT+R, the first line in the Virtual Viewer window contains the name of the lookup source that is being used followed by the term that you are searching for when using Research It. • FSTxtSvc supports composition selection function. • The beta version of Online Bible 3 runs with JAWS 11. • In the Windows XP Control Panel User Account dialog box, JAWS now speaks the highlighted user account in the account grid. • Contracted English Braille: nowise should not use the ow-sign. • Contracted English Braille: Outdistance should not use the st-sign. • Contracted English Braille: Psychedelic should not use the ed-sign. list end Adobe Flex list of 3 items • When navigating a treeview, JAWS now announces information for different levels. • Resolved an issue where unexpected text was added to a list item's name. • JAWS no longer double-speaks when navigating a list of items in treeview. list end Adobe Reader list of 2 items • Resolved a reported issue in Acrobat Reader where JAWS would not always navigate away from combo or list boxes after entering and exiting Forms Mode. • The Virtual buffer location now follows the document's visual location when using CTRL+PAGE DOWN. list end Apple iTunes 9 list of 6 items • Resolved an issue in iTunes 9 where the Virtual Cursor was always sent to the top of the page after pressing a preview button on an album page. Note that resolving this issue will result in the Virtual Cursor not always being at the top of new pages when they load. In this case, you will have to press CTRL+HOME to move to the top if you want to start reading there. • Resolved issues reported in iTunes 9 regarding empty virtual buffers in the iTunes store. • Resolved an issue where the iTunes process remained running after performing a search in the iTunes store and then closing the iTunes application. • Resolved problems that started in Version 9 of the iTunes Store's HTML content. After searching for music, you no longer need to press INSERT+ESC to refresh the virtual buffer to see updated information such as album details, podcast information, and so on. • Resolved an issue where text was not read correctly in the search edit field if you pressed BACKSPACE to remove text you had typed. Turning on Enhanced Edit in the iTunes.jcf file also addressed the issue for JAWS 10. • Resolved an issue where the Virtual buffer was not active, and, as a result, much of the store content was not accessible. list end DotNet list of 1 items • Resolved an issue where JAWS 10 was not reading next or prior characters when the PC Cursor is in a read-only text box. list end Eudora E-mail list of 1 items • Eudora e-mail scripts have been updated and include updated help messages when viewing Eudora settings from the Adjust JAWS Options dialog box (INSERT+V). list end Internet Explorer list of 41 items • Resolved an issue when using Internet Explorer 8 on non-English Windows XP operating systems where pressing TAB to move to the compatibility button on the tool bar would result in a lock-up or instability. • Resolved an issue reported in Internet Explorer 7 where, after using ALT+DOWN ARROW to open a combo box, JAWS would not announce the highlighted item while navigating a Web page. • Resolved an issue where JAWS would not properly disable Flash content on Web pages in the JAWS Options dialog box. • JAWS no longer reads the wrong page at www.dominos.ca. • When using CTRL+TAB or CTRL+SHIFT+TAB to move between tab pages in Internet Explorer, the sluggishness that was once observed when using ARROW Keys to move about a Web page has been resolved. • When using the JAWS Find feature, if the search string included more than 10 characters, the search feature will now wrap from the bottom of the Web page to the top to continue the search. • Resolved an issue where JAWS was inserting unnecessary blank lines on pages when a braille user set the Document Presentation option to Screen Layout. • The announcement of Frame Name and Text was not automatically being announced when using the TAB key to navigate to it. This has been resolved. • Resolved an issue in Internet Explorer 8 where the Virtual Viewer was not appearing on screen with the Hot key help when pressing INSERT+H. • Resolved a reported issue where there were no blank lines between search results on www.altavista.com. • It is easier to move to the message body of a new e-mail message with JAWS while using the Hotmail Web interface. • Resolved an issue where certain graphics in Outlook Web Access were not showing in braille. • Resolved an issue reported where copy and paste from Internet Explorer to an HTML e-mail in Outlook was not including all markup. The example was a live link which was also a heading. In this case, it was being pasted as a heading only. • HTML buttons are now being read correctly. • JAWS now announces items instead of saying "Not selected" when navigating through the list of items that appear in the Internet Explorer Download dialog box on a Windows 7 computer. • INSERT+F7 on www.liveatc.net now shows all links found on the page. • Resolved a specific issue in Internet Explorer where pressing SPACEBAR on a check box, with Forms Mode off, did not echo the prompt and state of the check box. • JAWS now correctly reads Web page content at the Motley Fool Web site. • Resolved an issue where the ARIA "dialog" role was not working properly in Internet Explorer 8 with JAWS 11. • Resolved an issue where some of the form controls on a Web page were skipped when navigating the page using the F Navigation Quick Key. • The message "Internet Explorer cannot display the Web page" no longer appears at the top of a Web page in the Virtual buffer when visiting the amazon.com Web site. • Column titles read correctly in Fidelity.com portfolio position table. • Command for visiting next link ALT+X now moves the Virtual PC cursor to the link labeled Next on the Freedom Scientific Surf's Up Web pages when revisiting a previous page. • The application no longer hangs if a page with more than 100 links is displayed. • JAWS announces "New TAB page" when you press CTRL+ENTER. • The "Table Show Start and End" option in the JAWS Adjust Options dialog box works. • JAWS recognizes the scope attribute when you select the marked headers option and move through a table using table navigation commands. • The Password field is correctly identified. • Heading navigation works when Skip Duplicate Links is enabled. • When JAWS encounters a check box on a Web page, it more accurately announces the check box control’s state and associated text. • Resolved an issue when running Internet Explorer 8 with Windows Vista where focus would not move to Web content after using CTRL+O to open a Web page. • The message "Internet Explorer cannot display the Web page" no longer appears at the top of a Web page in the Virtual buffer when visiting the amazon.com Web site. • Column titles read correctly in Fidelity.com portfolio position table. • Command for visiting next link ALT+X now moves the Virtual PC cursor to the link labeled Next on the Freedom Scientific Surf's Up Web pages when revisiting a previous page. • The application no longer hangs if a page with more than 100 links is displayed. • JAWS announces "New TAB page" when you press CTRL+ENTER. • The "Table Show Start and End" option in the JAWS Adjust Options dialog box works. • JAWS recognizes the scope attribute when you select the marked headers option and move through a table using table navigation commands. • The Password field is correctly identified. • You can now select the preview songs buttons on CDBaby.com • Heading navigation works when Skip Duplicate Links is enabled. list end Java list of 1 items • Resolved a reported issue where JAWS was not reading submenus correctly in Java applications. list end MAGic list of 4 items • Resolved an issue where scripts, written and provided in MAGic for an application, would not always load while running JAWS and MAGic together, even though JAWS does not have scripts for the application. • Resolved an issue where the Oval and Triangle cursor enhancement attributes in MAGic were not fully visible when running JAWS and MAGic together. • When running JAWS and MAGic together, you can successfully select words in a Word document by double-clicking with the mouse. • When running JAWS and MAGic together, you can move the mouse across a line of text in an application without interrupting JAWS speech and having JAWS repeat the text. list end Microsoft Access list of 1 items • Resolved a reported issue in Microsoft Access where JAWS was not properly tracking in grid controls. list end Microsoft Excel list of 12 items • Resolved a reported problem where the JAWS feature to return to a previous cell, CTRL+SHIFT+GRAVE, after having moved to a monitor cell was not working as expected. • Excel Title Reading Verbosity and Title Reading row and column definitions are being ignored after saving. • Identified an issue in Microsoft Excel when trying to use the JAWS feature to "Append To Clipboard" WINDOWS Key+C. This problem was causing a crash of Excel in some cases so we disabled the Append to Clipboard JAWS feature for this application only. • Help messages for setting column and row titles through Adjust JAWS Options have been updated. • When you navigate to a monitor cell in a worksheet, and then press CTRL+SHIFT+GRAVE, focus will now return to the cell that had prior focus. • In an Excel worksheet, where the view is set to Split Window or Freeze Panes Window, JAWS will now list cells with comments when you press CTRL+SHIFT+APOSTROPHE. • Page Break Detection, CTRL+SHIFT+B, can be turned on or off for the current Excel worksheet using the INSERT+V, Adjust JAWS options, keystroke. • Using CTRL+SHIFT+B, you can view a list of cells located at horizontal and vertical page breaks in an Excel worksheet. • Form Control Detection, used to identify list boxes, check boxes, and similar form controls, can be turned on or off for the current Excel worksheet using INSERT+V. • If a worksheet contains a text box, JAWS can show the contents of the text box in a Virtual Viewer window when you press CTRL+SHIFT+T. • JAWS now reports meaningful color control values when navigating the controls of the Fill tab in the Format Cells dialog box (CTRL+SHIFT+P). • Addressed a reported issue where workbooks that contain multiple worksheets would sometimes read cell text from the wrong worksheet when switching back and forth. list end Microsoft Office list of 5 items • JAWS can now see the buttons in the Microsoft Office 2007 installer on Windows 7 computers. • When using the Scope attribute with the <TD> tag in an HTML table, JAWS correctly processes the tag and reads table row and column headings. • The keyboard help message for CTRL+T now states that the keystroke creates a hanging indent when used while working in a Word document or composing an Outlook e-mail message. Otherwise, the keystroke will perform its default action. • JAWS now selects and announces all characters and punctuation when using Extended Mode (F8) to select characters or punctuation in a Word or Outlook document. • The ALT+1 through ALT+4 keystrokes in Office 2007 applications, such as Word and PowerPoint, have been unassigned in JAWS to avoid conflicts with any quick access toolbar functions native to those applications. list end Microsoft Outlook list of 46 items • Resolved reported issues where prompts were not read properly when saving message attachments in Outlook 2003. • Resolved an issue where the sender of a message was not being announced if there was no subject for the message. • Resolved an intermittent issue in Outlook 2003 where, when an e-mail message is opened, JAWS announces "dal= on" at the top of the message. • Addressed several reported issues that occurred when using CTRL+D to delete Outlook e-mails. In some cases, JAWS was not reading other HTML e-mail messages after deleting the current message. This has been resolved. • Resolved a reported issue where the presence of a Flag associated with a message was not being indicated while navigating through the Outlook 2003 Inbox. • Resolved an issue where there was speech delay when using the ARROW Keys to move through Outlook 2007 menus on a Windows XP computer. • Resolved a reported issue where Outlook 2007 failed to close for 30 seconds or more when using a braille display connected via USB. • Resolved an issue where JAWS would announce "0 items" when switching from a folder with no items to a folder that contains items. • Resolved a reported issue where Rich Text messages were being read in Outlook XP and Outlook 2003. • JAWS no longer misreads Header fields with shortcut keys after focus is placed in the Tasks notes field. • Resolved an issue where JAWS was very sluggish when navigating through grouped messages in Outlook message folders. • Resolved an issue when reading an e-mail sent from Outlook 2003 would insert a space character on each blank line. • Blank lines are inserted before DIV tags when they should only cause a new line. This causes excessive white space in e-mail messages. • Text is now entered when typing in the Text Search Pattern edit field of the Skim Reading dialog box in an Outlook 2007 message. • Resolved a reported issue with sluggish performance in Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 when navigating through messages in an Exchange Server folder with Windows Vista and VPN access. • With Outlook AutoPreview turned on, move through the message list and JAWS now speaks the Preview window. • Folder names are announced correctly when you press TAB to move from the message list to the Folder tree view. • Resolved an issue reported in Outlook 2003 where the message list appeared to be empty except for message flags in certain situations. • Resolved reported issues when using CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW to select text was not always announcing the text in Outlook and Word. • The first two lines of a highlighted message are now read when AutoPreview is on. • Resolved a reported issue where Navigation Quick Key mode was not working correctly when reading or reviewing messages. • Now able to read text when composing an out of office note in Outlook 2007 and using UP and DOWN ARROW keys. • In Outlook, JAWS now announces the sender of the message when there is no text in the Subject field. • Resolved an issue where JAWS speech stopped after pressing the Reply Directly to Sender command (JAWS Key+SHIFT+R). • INSERT+F1 help messages for the JAWS list of links feature have been updated for link fields. • If you have two identical messages that are sent one after the other, JAWS will now read both messages when navigating through the Sent Items list box. • Complete message information is now displayed or spoken when pressing ESC to exit a menu or dialog box that is at least two levels deep. • In Outlook 2003, JAWS is now speaking correctly when you select non-contiguous items in the address book when addressing a message. • Information is now announced by JAWS when navigating forward or backward through the checkbox options that appear in the Toolbar's Customize dialog box under the View menu. • In the new contact dialog box, phone number labels are correctly announced as business, home, mobile, and so on. • JAWS no longer announces additional date and time abbreviations when moving through Calendar time slots using UP or DOWN ARROW. • When you press CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW to select paragraphs in an e-mail message, JAWS now reads the selected paragraph text. • When using the ARROW Keys to navigate through the list of results in the Advance Find dialog box, the highlighted messages are now announced only once. • JAWS now correctly reads the Subject line information of any e-mail message that begins with the word "Attachment" in its subject line. • JAWS now announces location elements once when using the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to move through the New Appointments dialog box. • The Location label is now announced by JAWS when you press TAB to move through the Appointment dialog box. • If you launch the Research It feature from an open e-mail message, pressing ESC to close the Virtual Viewer window no longer closes the e-mail message too. • Sluggishness, once seen when moving through various dialog boxes, no longer occurs in Outlook. • When you move from a message list to a folder tree view, JAWS now announces the number of unread messages for the selected folder. • If the current view is set to show all appointments, active appointments, or reoccurring appointments in Calendar, JAWS now reads the currently highlighted item when using the UP and DOWN ARROWS to move through the list. • JAWS correctly speaks and displays in braille any items that are highlighted when using the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to move through a list of tasks and appointments. • When an appointment starts and ends, for example at 18:15 and 18:45, when the Regional and Language settings are configured for French, the end time slot is now tagged as containing the appointment. • When composing an e-mail while the Font dialog box is open in Outlook Express, JAWS no longer plays the Forms Mode On sound when you first enter the dialog box. • The Microsoft Outlook 2007 key map file (.jkm) has been updated to include the following keystrokes and functionality: F8 = Selection by Unit Mode, SHIFT+F8 = Reduce Selection by Unit, and CTRL+SHIFT+F8 = Selection by Movement Mode. • Now, when reading link text in an Outlook 2007 e-mail message, JAWS no longer announces the words “end link” after reading a link in an HTML e-mail message. If you want to restore this announcement, you can do so by pressing INSERT+V to open the Adjust JAWS Options dialog box and then toggling on the Announce End Links in a Message item in the Reading Options group. • W, the Navigation Quick Key for the Word Index List feature, works with Outlook 2007 read-only messages. list end Microsoft PowerPoint list of 1 items • Resolved a reported issue where PowerPoint 2003 would not always unload from memory when it was closed while running JAWS. list end Microsoft Project list of 1 items • Resolved a reported problem in Microsoft Project when attempting to open Properties or Information for different items. list end Microsoft Word list of 18 items • Resolved an issue where text selected using CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW or CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW was not being announced. • Resolved an issue in Word 2007 where JAWS was not echoing the proper text when selecting by word. • Resolved a reported problem where, after turning on Navigation Quick Key mode, no indication about tables was given when using the Navigation Quick Key T. • Commands for reading next and previous columns, ALT+WINDOWS Key+RIGHT ARROW and ALT+WINDOWS Key+LEFT ARROW, work in non uniform tables. • Applying a style to a document no longer causes JAWS to see the document as a table. • Revision and bookmark information now appears in braille as the document is navigated. • When selecting text, braille now moves off the top line of the selection; it is now possible to accurately see what is selected when only using braille. • Line reading is available after pressing ESC, SPACEBAR, or ENTER, and then ESC from the Apply button of Style dialog box. • Resolved an issue in Word where JAWS was not recognizing tables or table reading commands. • When using WINDOWS Key+SEMICOLON to open and view a list of comments, end notes, footnotes, or revisions in a Word document, JAWS will now announce the number and type of items in the document. For example, if a document contains 16 comments, JAWS will announce this when the Virtual Viewer window opens. • The description for the Word Classic scheme, selected from the Speech and Sounds Manager in Configuration Manager, now clearly states that superscripts and subscripts are suppressed when reading a Word document. • JAWS now announces field data as you navigate a Word document by line. • Resolved an issue where there was a mismatch between the keyboard help message and functionality of some Navigation Quick Keys in Microsoft Word. • Many keystrokes, such as first-letter navigation and SPACEBAR are now available in JAWS and other dialog boxes when Navigation Quick Keys mode is turned on. • JAWS correctly reads items when navigating through the Header list. • In a Word document, you can press the Navigation Quick Keys H or SHIFT+H to jump to the next or previous heading. Now, after turning on Navigation Quick Keys, you can press 1 through 9 to jump to the next heading at that heading level. For example, 2 will move focus to the next level 2 heading in the Word document. SHIFT+2 will move focus to the previous level 2 heading. • If a document contains insertion and deletion markup, and you set the Tracking view to Final, JAWS no longer announces any of the Tracking changes in the document. • When the Show all Formatting Marks check box is selected in Word, JAWS announces all formatting marks including Paragraphs marks. list end Mozilla Firefox list of 13 items • JAWS now correctly speaks screen text information on Web sites with buttons whose text value is different from screen text, such as travelocity.com. • Resolved a reported problem where Flash buttons, such as Play and Pause, were not appearing on youtube.com. • Resolved an issue where AutoForms mode turns on when you navigate into a disabled edit field. • When Auto Forms Mode is on and you navigate out of a multi-line edit field using the UP or DOWN ARROW keys, JAWS now moves focus to the next line after the edit field. • Resolved a reported problem where some radio buttons were not properly identified by JAWS 11 with Firefox 3.5. • Resolved an issue when trying to exit Forms Mode when running Firefox on a Windows XP computer. • Resolved an issue where Forms Mode would turn off when entering the message edit area of a Gmail message. • Resolved an issue where JAWS would insert a new line before and after HTML <tt> tags on a Web page. • Focus not placed on edit field when opening home page or new page. • Headings that span more than one line, such as Facebook status headings, are now correctly announced when you cycle through headings using H or SHIFT+H. • JAWS now announces all content when navigating the Microsoft Genuine Microsoft Software Web page. • Added range functionality to IME scripts involved with composition • In Application mode, when using TAB to navigate a virtual document, JAWS correctly announces links. list end PAC Mate list of 2 items • Landmark keystrokes are now available for PAC Mate Remote. • The configured Voice settings for JAWS on the desktop now hold on the PAC Mate when a PAC Mate desktop session is launched. list end Skype list of 6 items • Incorrect functionality observed while pressing SHIFT+TAB in the Options dialog box. • JAWS speaks and shows in braille the same information when navigating a Skype treeview list. • You can use braille panning to read longer controls or static text. • The Skype 4.0 upgrade message now recommends that you upgrade to Skype 4.1 or later. • JAWS correctly announces changes when increasing or decreasing slider values in Skype 3.8. • Updated screen-sensitive help messages for Skype 4.1 and later. list end Windows 7 list of 6 items • Improved speech and braille in Start menu of Windows 7. • Improved handling of Windows Explorer in Windows 7. • Windows Media Player 12 has the same level of support found in Windows Media Player 11. • Enhancements have been made to the INSERT+F11 keystroke for Task Tray operation. • Improved handling of common dialog boxes found in Windows 7 and Windows 7 applications. These dialog boxes include File, Save As, and Open, and various properties dialog boxes such as volume control, File and Folder Options, Taskbar, and Start Menu options. • Conflicts with previous Messenger Conversation keystrokes have been resolved as mentioned in the Messenger Conversation Keystrokes section of this page. list end Windows Explorer list of 2 items • Resolved a reported issue where JAWS would not always speak when trying to select non-contiguous items by holding the CTRL key, and then pressing SPACEBAR on the different items in the list view. • Addressed an issue reported when selecting multiple pictures in Windows Explorer and then attempting to e-mail these items while JAWS is running on a Windows Vista computer. list end Windows Live Mail list of 1 items • Graphics are now labeled so that message flags are properly announced in Windows Live Mail. list end Windows Live Messenger 14 list of 7 items • Resolved an issue with 64-Bit Windows Vista where outgoing and incoming messages were not spoken as expected. • When running Windows Live Messenger on a Windows XP computer, JAWS now announces the number of available contacts when you navigate through the list using the UP or DOWN ARROW. • Resolved a reported issue where JAWS was not recognizing incoming and outgoing Braille Flash Messages in Windows Live Messenger. • Resolved an issue where the previous message was announced instead of the current message when using the ALT+1 through ALT+ 0 keystrokes in Windows Live Messenger. • Typing a message sound is now heard during a conversation. • When using the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to move through your list of contacts, JAWS no longer says "not selected" after announcing contact information. This issue occurred only on Windows XP computers. • JAWS now announces the selected item as you navigate combo boxes in Windows Live Messenger 14. list end Windows Presentation Foundation list of 1 items • Windows Presentation Foundation applications do not completely shut down when running with JAWS. list end To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
