From: Eric Damery Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 1:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: JAWS 13 April Update, 852 is released
All, If you have JAWS 13 and have not gotten the update to build 852 yet, restarting JAWS 13 now should prompted you for the update. We have also posted the full build on our download pages now if you have any trouble with the auto update. Below is the list of changes. Regards, Eric Damery Enhancements in JAWS 13.0.852 (April 2012) The following is a list of items addressed or added between the final JAWS 13.0.718 release and the JAWS 13.0.852 posting. a.. Improved how JAWS works in ARIA menus in Internet Explorer and Firefox. b.. A new DAISY book on using the Convenient OCR feature is now available. To install this book, select Check for Updates from the JAWS Help menu, then choose Convenient OCR DAISY Book. c.. The NBA, NHL, and MLB ResearchIt lookup sources now include the city for each team in the results just like with the NFL lookup source. d.. Resolved issues with the NFL and Business Search ResearchIt lookup sources not correctly returning results. e.. Resolved a reported issue where in some cases, characters would be missing when typing in Microsoft Word. f.. Addressed issues encountered in WPF applications when selecting text and navigating by paragraph. g.. Resolved an issue with the GetColumnText built--in script function not working as expected in Microsoft Excel. h.. JAWS now announces the character being deleted when you press the BACKSPACE key in the Express version of Visual Studio 2010. i.. When US International is set as the default input language in Windows 7 64-bit, addressed an issue where the Typing Echo setting in JAWS was not honored when entering text using 32-bit applications such as Microsoft Word or Internet Explorer. In addition, JAWS would echo the characters in password edit fields. j.. In Internet Explorer, If an ARIA live region is inside of an iframe, JAWS will now read the live region as expected. k.. Resolved an intermittent issue under Windows 7 64-bit where JAWS would not close properly when attempting to shut down or reboot the computer. When this occured, the computer would need to be manually powered off. l.. When performing any of the JAWS table navigation keystrokes in a message in Lotus Notes, JAWS now indicates that table navigation is not supported. This functionality is not available in Lotus Notes. m.. Resolved a customer reported issue where Excel 2010 on Windows XP would unexpectedly close when attempting to navigate in the Names Manager dialog box. n.. When navigating a form in Microsoft Word that contains dropdown combo boxes, resolved an issue where braille Structured Mode was showing mnu instead of cbo when the field is closed. o.. Resolved an issue in Microsoft Word where the message "press F1 for help" was not being flashed in braille when focused on a form field that offers associated help. If the F1 Help option in Quick Settings is set to Read with formfield, the help message for a form field is also now flashed in braille. p.. Resolved an issue where only the last word was underlined in braille after pressing CTRL+A to select all in a multi-line edit field in Firefox. q.. Addressed an issue in Microsoft Outlook where JAWS was saying "bogus radio button" when using the INSERT+B command to read the Appointment Recurrence dialog box. r.. Addressed issues of JAWS not properly identifying Move-up and Move-down buttons in various Microsoft Office dialog boxes. s.. Resolved a customer reported issue where the message "computer braille" was being announced after every keystroke when composing a message in Lotus Notes 7. t.. Improved JAWS reading when navigating in ARIA treeviews in Firefox 11. u.. Resolved an issue with navigating in a Microsoft Word form that uses a table where pressing INSERT+TAB was not reporting the current position in the form. This command worked correctly when used in a table that was not part of a form. In addition, the contents of form fields are now announced before the table position information. v.. Resolved an issue where pressing INSERT+H in Lotus Notes to list the available hot keys was displaying command descriptions, but not the associated keystroke. w.. JAWS now correctly recognizes the datatable=0 tag attribute in Firefox. x.. Resolved a customer reported issue where JAWS was not working properly with the Nuance Enterprise Express Editor, a medical transcription plugin for Word. y.. Resolved an issue using JAWS with the Key Note Gold speech synthesizer. z.. Updated the JAWS help for Microsoft Access to clarify which keystrokes only work in Access 2003. Eric Damery Vice President Software Product Management Freedom Scientific 11800 31st Court North St. Petersburg, FL 33716 727-299-6110 For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
