Hello List, This afternoon, a new update to JAWS was released. For those of you with JAWS 14, restarting JAWS now should find the update. Below, is the list of changes in this build.
Next week, we will release the FS Cast for August with the details about JAWS 15 and the public beta which is just around the corner. Regards, Eric Damery Enhancements in JAWS 14.0.6004 (August 2013) The following is a list of items addressed or added between the JAWS 14.0.5005 release and the JAWS 14.0.6004 posting. JAWS *Resolved many Java specific issues identified and reported by Pearson Educational. *Addressed an issue reported by customers using certain newer HP laptops where the speech rate would unexpectedly increase or decrease when the computer was tilted in different directions. *When pressing INSERT+CTRL+V from the JAWS main window, JAWS now properly reports the current synthesizers and displays configured for use with JAWS. *Addressed a reported issue with the Wikipedia Research It lookup source not finding certain words even though searching directly on the Wikipedia Web site worked correctly. *Addressed reported issues with JAWS not speaking as expected on the Secure Desktop. *Updated the help for JAWS Tandem to describe how to open the Event Viewer in Windows 8. Microsoft Excel *Resolved an issue where pressing the SPACEBAR in an edit field on the Settings page of the Data Validation dialog box was causing all text in the field to be read. Microsoft Internet Explorer *Resolved a reported issue using JAWS with the AWARE database management software. Microsoft Office *JAWS now correctly reads the contents of the File Name edit field in Open and Save dialog boxes even if it contains an ampersand symbol. *Resolved issues with dialog box information not being displayed as expected in braille when focused on the Tools menu control. Microsoft Outlook *Addressed issues with message fields not reading as expected if they contained an ampersand symbol. *Updated the context help message that is displayed if you press INSERT+F1 from a virtualized Outlook message. *When performing a find in a virtualized message and the ESC key is pressed to close the dialog box, addressed an issue where the message subject and number of links in the message were being spoken and flashed on the braille display before the line containing the found text was spoken. *Addressed multiple issues using the CTRL+SHIFT+S keystroke to display the status of attendees for a meeting. *In Outlook 2013, addressed an issue where navigating through calendar appointments using TAB, JAWS would sometimes identify an appointment as a button. *When typing text into the Search edit field in Quick Settings for Outlook, resolved an issue where JAWS would continuously read the entire contents of the edit field as you typed each character. *Improved the Hot Key help information that is displayed when INSERT+H is pressed from the body of a message. Microsoft Word *If you select more than 1000 characters and then press INSERT+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW to speak the selection, JAWS now announces the number of characters selected and reads the top and bottom line of the selection. *When pressing Navigation Quick Keys in Keyboard help, resolved an issue where JAWS would sometimes echo the wrong key even though the command description was correct. *While navigating the Info tab in Word 2013, resolved an issue where JAWS was not automatically reading the text located to the right of each control. Mozilla Firefox *Addressed a customer reported issue where JAWS was saying "clickable" at the end of each line while reading. *Improved navigating tree views on Web pages and announcing the expanded and collapsed state of items. Windows Live Mail *Addressed a customer reported issue with JAWS not reading message headers. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
