Hi: Is there any reason to update to the latest JAWS 18, if you're still using Windows 7?
Thanks, George R. Marshall [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Becky Buckner Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 3:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS 18.0.2945 Latest Update Plus What's New Thanks so much, Mike. I really like the spell checker updates. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike B." <[email protected]> To: "Jaws-Users List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 1:30 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] JAWS 18.0.2945 Latest Update Plus What's New > Hi All, > > Below are the latest update download links & what's new in this release. > > > 32 Bit: > > http://jaws18.vfo.digital/2945SHR7UM/J18.0.2945enu-x86.exe > > 64 Bit: > > http://jaws18.vfo.digital/2945SHR7UM/J18.0.2945enu-x64.exe > > Enhancements in JAWS 18.0.2945 (May 2017) > > The following is a list of improvements made between the JAWS 18 April > 2017 > release and the May 2017 update. > > > New Visual Tracking as JAWS Reads Web Pages and PDF Documents in Windows > 10 > > When using JAWS together with ZoomText or MAGic to read web pages, the > screen magnification software visually highlights text as JAWS reads. > However, if > only JAWS is running, there has never been a way to visually track as you > navigate web pages, making it difficult for sighted users to locate where > on > the page the Virtual Cursor is currently positioned. > > Beginning with this update, JAWS now visually highlights text in Windows > 10 > and Windows 8.1 as you navigate using the Virtual Cursor on the web, in > PDF > documents, and when using the Microsoft Mail app even if there is no > screen > magnification software currently running. As JAWS reads, the current text > being > read is highlighted so a sighted user such as a parent, teacher, > developer, > or tester can easily follow the text visually. JAWS visual tracking is > available > in Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, PDF documents opened in Adobe > Reader, > and Microsoft Mail. It is enabled by default in these specific > applications. > Note that when navigating by line on pages in the web browser, JAWS > highlights the virtual line and not the actual line as it appears on the > web > page. > > While the default settings for the highlight should work well for many > users, you can also customize the appearance of the visual highlight > including the > color, style, transparency, thickness, and spacing. For example, the > default > color is Lime Green while the default style is Block, which places a solid > rectangle around the highlighted text. However, you may prefer a different > color, style, and more transparency for the highlight. To change these > Settings, > open Settings Center while focused in one of the supported applications, > expand the new Visual Settings group, select Highlight Virtual PC Cursor, > and > then press F6 to move to the pane where you can configure visual tracking > settings. > > JAWS > list of 7 items > . Addressed an issue where pressing the Text Analyzer keystroke, > ALT+WINDOWS > Key+I, to move to the next inconsistency in the document was causing JAWS > to close unexpectedly in some instances. > . When pressing the APPLICATIONS Key to open the context menu for a book > in > the Kindle app, resolved an issue where you could no longer use the app > with > JAWS until you closed and restarted it. > . Improved JAWS performance with the Alarms and Clock app in Windows 10. > . In the Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 Calculator, resolved an issue where > using > first letter navigation in the combo boxes for selecting a unit of > conversion > was attempting to activate a Calculator button instead of selecting the > unit. > . Addressed an issue where pressing INSERT+PAGE DOWN was not reading the > status bar in Visual Studio 2017. > . Addressed a customer reported issue with JAWS not correctly speaking > certain fraction symbols. > . Resolved a reported issue with some of the Research It lookup sources in > the German version of JAWS not displaying any results. > list end > > Microsoft Office > > JAWS provides updated support for the Office 365 spellchecker to work with > the latest changes from Microsoft. When you press F7 to open the > spellchecker, > or when you move to the next error after selecting an option, focus is now > placed into a read-only edit field that displays the sentence containing > the > error. You can also press INSERT+C from anywhere in this pane to have JAWS > read the misspelled word as it appears in the document. > > Suggestions are now displayed as split buttons instead of in a list. When > an > error is found, JAWS still announces and spells the first suggestion, but > you must now tab to the suggestion you want to use and press ENTER. > Pressing > INSERT+F7 now also reads the current suggestion. Pressing ALT+DOWN ARROW > on > the selected split button for a suggestion displays extra options for the > current suggestion. To access additional options such as Ignore, use the > Other > Actions group. > > Note: If the spellchecker in your version of Office 365 still displays > suggestions as a list instead of split buttons, you are not yet running a > version > containing the latest Microsoft changes. This new functionality will > become > available as new Office updates are released. > > Other Office issues addressed in this update include: > > list of 3 items > . Resolved an issue where JAWS would become unresponsive when typing in > Excel 2016 with the editing language set to Hebrew. > . Addressed an issue where the correct scripts were not being loaded if an > embedded Internet Explorer window was opened in Outlook. > . Resolved a customer reported issue with JAWS sometimes not working > correctly after closing Word 2010 on some systems. > list end > > Web Browsers > list of 2 items > . Addressed a reported issue with Google Chrome where Forms Mode was not > turning off as expected in certain situations. > . When running JAWS and ZoomText together, addressed an intermittent issue > where Internet Explorer was closing unexpectedly when started through the > Windows > Run dialog box. > list end > > Windows 10 Calculator > list of 4 items > . JAWS no longer reads the contents of the results display field after > each > digit is pressed. > . When pressing shortcut keys to perform various functions, JAWS will now > announce the name of the function. Note that some shortcut keys are only > available > in a specific calculator mode. In addition, if a shortcut key causes the > results display field to update, you will hear the results field followed > by > the > function. For example, if you type PLUS and the display contains the > number > 12, you would hear "12+." > . JAWS now indicates the correct state of various toggle buttons in both > speech and braille. > . When INSERT+T is pressed to read the window title, the currently active > calculator mode (Standard, Scientific, or Programmer) is also announced. > JAWS > also announces the current mode when using ALT+1, ALT+2, and ALT+3 to > switch > modes. > list end > > Take care, Mike. > Sennt from my iBarstool. 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