From: Eric Damery To: David Ferrin ; Moderator Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 3:26 PM Subject: JAWS 9 Update posted today, November 5. New version is 9.0.467
Below are the details of what has changed since the October 26th posting. Regards, Eric Damery Update Enhancements Included as of Build 9.0.467 (5 November 2007) We would like to thank all the public beta testers who identified issues in our previous public beta releases and reported them so well using the Beta Report form on this page. As a result, many of the items were resolved and have been included in this fourth update on November 5th. Others are still under investigation, and we will be looking forward to posting more updates soon. Note: To ensure that you have the latest public beta release, first download and install the JAWS 9.0 public beta release. The beta download link appears at the bottom of this page. Once it is installed, use the automated update feature to install the latest updates. JAWS a.. Download the forty-five minute long audio recording of Eric Damery as he discusses What's New in JAWS 9.0, the new features available in the upcoming version of JAWS 9.0! This is a ZIP file containing one MP3 audio segment. This recording will be included as a DAISY book on the program CD when JAWS 9.0 begins shipping. b.. Windows Vista users will see noticeable improvements in the responsiveness of JAWS when using Eloquence speech synthesizer. For example, this can be seen when navigating through the Start menu or typing text in the Internet Explorer address bar. c.. Public beta testers reported braille contraction errors with several words. The following words now contract correctly: ant; be; bottleneck; clip art; denote; denoted; denominator; denounce; denouncing; denunciate; Hadley; MIME-Version; names beginning with McC; newsletter; nonesuch; nonetheless; numbers that follow two slashes; scones; was; were; words beginning with the prefix non-, such as noneruptive and nonerosive; and words ending in -bly, such as agreeably and interchangeably. d.. Resolved an issue where capitalization in braille was not recognized in mixed numerals and capital letters. e.. When you toggle contracted braille on and off (G CHORD), JAWS now clearly states if you are turning on Grade 2 translation or turning off Grade 2 translation. f.. Worked closely with developers from Alliance Enterprises, Inc. to resolve an issue with the AwareT Web-based case management software system, JAWS, and HTML Forms mode. Note: This fix has been in previous JAWS 9.0 releases, but it has not been mentioned until now. g.. Resolved an issue regarding empty virtual buffers as reported by the public. This typically occurred when you pressed CTRL or DOWN ARROW to interrupt the Say All function while a Web page was loading. Note: This fix has been in previous JAWS 9.0 releases, but it has not been mentioned until now. h.. Resolved and issue reported in Windows 2000 where JAWS was not exiting as expected when using INSERT+F4 to exit. i.. If a misspelled word is found while spell checking a Word document, JAWS now spells the entire word that appears in the Suggestions list box when you press UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW. j.. When running JAWS and MAGic together, pressing CTRL to stop speech during a Say All (INSERT+DOWN ARROW) no longer disables speech. k.. When running JAWS and MAGic together, MAGic can now track desktop icons when using the ARROW keys to move from one icon to the next. l.. If the JAWS Cursor is active, the CTRL+DOWN ARROW keystroke now moves to the next paragraph on an HTML page instead of disabling the JAWS Cursor. m.. Although JAWS only announces the contents of the Virtual Viewer once, it no longer visually shows the contents twice within the Virtual Viewer window. n.. JAWS now announces the message Nothing selected if you press CTRL+C while in a Virtualized Window (INSERT+CTRL+W) with no text selected. o.. JAWS no longer truncates speech when navigating window panes in the JAWS help system. p.. JAWS no longer announces the A Script Can Not Be Called Within Itself message when selecting a link in the Hot key Help (INSERT+H) dialog box. This occurred in multiple applications. q.. Resolved a reported problem with AutoComplete not not speaking or getting represented in braille correctly. Two examples of this were in the Open (CTRL+O) dialog box found in Internet Explorer or the Run command (WINDOWS Key+R) dialog box. r.. Resolved a reported issue found when using the Append to Clipboard (WINDOWS Key+C) command several times, which would result in only the last selection added being present when the user pasted (CTRL+V) from the clipboard. AOL Instant Messenger a.. Updated AIM® scripts. Citrix/Windows Terminal Services a.. Fixed a reported problem where the communication between JAWS on a Client and Server may have been briefly interrupted, which caused the Authorization to drop for the Server version of JAWS. The result was that the user would be forced to log off and back on to the Server to reestablish the authorization. This was mostly reported by customers working with Servers located at great distances from the Client machines. Note: This fix has been in previous JAWS 9.0 releases, but it has not been mentioned until now. Microsoft Excel a.. Pressing ENTER while in submenus of the Microsoft Excel ribbon now activates the selected command. b.. JAWS now announces the correct screen-sensitive help (INSERT+F1) when the Virtual Viewer is opened in an Excel workbook. Microsoft Internet Explorer a.. When linking from one Web page to another, JAWS would move focus to the top of the second Web page even if the link from the first Web page pointed to another part of the second page. This has been fixed. b.. When typing into a secured field, such as a password field, on a Web page, JAWS now says STAR if you use the LEFT or RIGHT ARROW keys to move back and forth over the entered text. Previously, JAWS would say BLANK instead of STAR. Microsoft Office a.. JAWS no longer announces the Unknown Script Called To message when selecting a link in the Hot key Help (INSERT+H) dialog box. This occurred in various Microsoft Office 2003 applications. Microsoft Outlook a.. If you have a list of rules and alerts in Outlook, JAWS now speaks and shows in braille these rules when you navigate through the list. b.. When navigating through the Signatures and Stationery dialog box in Outlook 2007, JAWS no longer says Options Dialog before announcing the title of the current control. c.. If the Spelling and Grammar tool detects a misspelled word in the Subject line of an outbound e-mail message, and you press INSERT+C to hear the misspelled word in context, JAWS now announces the correct information instead of the message Word in Context Not Found. d.. JAWS no longer looses focus when reading a message list in Outlook 2007 using braille. e.. JAWS now correctly maintains the speech synthesizer that is assigned to the Say All (INSERT+DOWN ARROW) and the Alternate Say All (ALT+INSERT+DOWN ARROW) commands. This was an issue reported by a public beta tester. Previously, after pressing INSERT+DOWN ARROW and then ALT+INSERT+DOWN ARROW, JAWS would use the opposite speech synthesizer for subsequent keystrokes. f.. Now when you press ALT+TAB while Navigational Quick Keys are enabled in an Outlook message or Word document, JAWS will switch to another application. g.. JAWS no longer executes an ALT+ modifier keystroke when Keyboard help (INSERT+1) is enabled in Outlook 2007. h.. When in Outlook 2007, Hot key Help (INSERT+H) now refers to Outlook instead of Word. i.. When using Hot key Help in Outlook 2007 or Word 2007, links that appear in the Virtual Viewer now work. j.. In Outlook 2003, JAWS now announces the full name of any dialog box that contains a tree view you press CTRL+Y. k.. When the PC Cursor is active (NUM PAD PLUS) in Outlook 2007, JAWS now announces the caret position when you press ALT+DELETE. Microsoft Outlook Calendar a.. JAWS announces the correct appointments in Outlook 2003 instead of appointments for the same day from a different year. b.. In Outlook 2007, when navigating to an appointment in the Calendar, JAWS now announces and shows in braille appointments that span multiple time slots. c.. When the Virtual Viewer is open on a specific appointment, JAWS now announces the appointment. d.. After changing regional language settings in Windows Vista's Control Panel, JAWS no longer announces appointments or events from previous months when navigating through the Calendar while in Day view. Microsoft Word a.. When pressing the TAB key to move to tab stops in a document, JAWS now announces the correct position for all tab stops. b.. When in a non-uniform Word table, the ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW and the ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW keystrokes now move focus to the beginning and the end of the current column. c.. When in a non-uniform table in Word, the Say All command (INSERT+DOWN ARROW) now functions correctly and reads all cells in the table. d.. When using CTRL+F6 to cycle between open Word documents, JAWS no longer opens and moves focus to a blank document window. e.. When you reach the last cell in a Word table and you press TAB, JAWS now announces warning message. f.. JAWS now allows you to select text in Word tables using the CTRL+ARROW keys and the CTRL+SHIFT+ARROW keys. g.. When in a Word form, it is now possible to check or uncheck a check box that appears in the Select a Form Field dialog box (INSERT+F5). by pressing ENTER on the check box item in the Select a Field list box. h.. Braille auto advance now works in Word when Enhanced Edit mode is turned on. i.. When you navigate into a Word table by line or paragraph, JAWS now announces the cell coordinates of the first cell encountered in the table. j.. The ALT+ modifier keystroke now functions correctly when Navigational Quick Keys are enabled in a Word document or Outlook e-mail message. k.. When entering a table from below, CTRL+UP ARROW places you in the last cell of the table, and INSERT+C reports the correct row and column number. If you continue to press CTRL+UP ARROW, JAWS will continue to move up the table and will only land on cells that contain data. l.. First letter navigation is possible in the Adjust JAWS Options tree view (INSERT+V) when Navigation Quick Keys (INSERT+Z) are enabled in a Word document. m.. JAWS now announces table cell coordinates when using the LEFT or RIGHT ARROW keys to move from cell to cell, or the CTRL+LEFT ARROW or CTRL+RIGHT ARROW keys to move to the next or previous words in a cell. n.. If you insert a page break (CTRL+ENTER in Word) to create a new page, and then press UP ARROW to return to the previous page, JAWS now announces the page break and page number as you navigate back to the existing page. o.. When the header and footer are opened in a Word document, JAWS now announces if focus is in the header or footer when you press UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW to move between the two. p.. JAWS announces the word enter once when you press the ENTER key to add a line in a Word 2007 document or select an e-mail message in Outlook 2007. q.. When running JAWS with Word 2000, the WINWORD.EXE process now closes when you exit Word. This can be verified in the Windows Task Manager (CTRL+SHIFT+W). Mozilla Firefox a.. Resolved a Forms mode issue with Mozilla Firefox 2.0. Pressing TAB or SHIFT+TAB to navigate into, around, or out of a form caused problems that shut down JAWS. b.. Fixed a reported issue where JAWS did not parse complex HTML links in Firefox 3 as it does in Firefox 2. SecureCRT a.. Resolved an issue reported by a public beta tester using SecureCRT®. JAWS can now virtualize (INSERT+CTRL+W) the SecureCRT terminal screen when resolution is set to 1280 by 1024 pixels or higher. This fix also applies to any other application where the resolution is set to 1280 by 1024 pixels or higher. Windows Vista a.. If an invalid password is entered when logging on to Windows Vista, JAWS now reads the static text for the Invalid Password dialog box. 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