Howdy All, Below are the download links for the latest J17 update: & what's new / fixed in this release
32 Bit: http://files.freedomscientific.com/WebFiles/JAWS/J17.0.1214enu-x86.exe 64 Bit: http://files.freedomscientific.com/WebFiles/JAWS/J17.0.1214enu-x64.exe What's New: Enhancements in JAWS 17.0.1214 (November 2015) The following is a list of improvements made between the initial JAWS 17 release and the November 2015 update. Smart Navigation list of 6 items • When INSERT+X is used to toggle Smart Navigation, the JAWS focus now remains at the location on the web page where you performed the toggle. • The command to temporarily toggle Smart Navigation (INSERT+X) can now be found using the JAWS Command Search feature (INSERT+SPACEBAR, J). • Resolved an issue where JAWS was not reading list items on certain web pages when using Smart Navigation. • Addressed a reported issue with the commands to read from the beginning of the line to the cursor (INSERT+HOME) and from the cursor to the end of the line (INSERT+PAGE UP) not working in a table cell when using Smart Navigation. • When using the V and SHIFT+V Navigation Quick Keys to move to the next or previous visited link, resolved an issue where all links on the current line were being read instead of the specific visited link if Smart Navigation was active. • Addressed an issue where many blank lines were appearing on some web pages with Smart Navigation active. list end JAWS list of 12 items • Addressed an issue with the Amazon Product Search Research It lookup source not returning results as expected. • Addressed an issue with symbols not being read as expected when inserted into a document using the Select a Symbol to Print dialog box (INSERT+4). • In response to customer feedback, the folder path for the Explore Scripts shortcut has been changed from C:\ProgramData\Freedom Scientific\JAWS\17.0\Scripts\enu to point to C:\ProgramData\Freedom Scientific\JAWS\17.0\Scripts. • This update contains new drivers from HumanWare for the Brailiant BI braille display in order to support Windows 10. • If Active Follows Braille is not enabled, addressed issues where the braille display would not move away from the structured line when panning, or using the commands to move the braille cursor to the next or prior line (RIGHT ROCKER BAR on Focus Blue braille displays). • When entering text from the Perkins-style keyboard on a braille display using Unified English Braille (UEB) or another form of Contracted English Braille, resolved an issue where contracted words beginning with dots 4-5-6, such as spirit, many, world, etc., were not appearing correctly in documents. The dots 4-5-6 portion of the word was being dropped when the word was back-translated. • When verbosity for Braille Flash messages is set to Advanced, resolved customer reported issues where "sts" messages were being shown on the braille display even when the option to display status information was turned off. In addition, the flash messages for the INSERT+T and INSERT+Q commands now display the short message as expected instead of the long message. • If the JAWS cursor is configured to follow the PC Cursor using the CTRL+INSERT+NUM PAD Minus command, an issue was resolved where JAWS was not reading as expected when moving between applications with ALT+TAB. • Addressed an issue with JAWS not correctly identifying the factorial symbol in MathML content. • If you perform a two-finger double tap to open a context menu while text selection is active, the flick gestures will now work as expected to navigate through the menu items. Text selection is toggled by performing a triple tap with one finger. • If you perform a five-finger tap to open the Run JAWS Manager dialog box from an Internet Explorer window, addressed an issue where you could not use touch gestures to navigate this dialog box. • To address potential issues, changes have been made to the process of compiling scripts so they are compatible with versions of JAWS prior to 17. The Compatibility Mode option has been removed from Script Manager and the –c command line switch has been removed from scompile.exe. To compile scripts that will work with prior versions of JAWS, you must now insert the following line without the quotes into your JSS file: ";#pragma usePoFile 0" list end Adobe Acrobat list of 1 items • Resolved an issue reported by Adobe where labels for check boxes in PDF documents were being read twice in the virtual buffer. list end Microsoft Excel list of 2 items • In Windows 8.1, resolved an issue where the backstage view in Excel 2013 was not being announced when it gained focus. • Resolved a reported issue with the GetCellSpan script function. list end Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox list of 5 items • Resolved a customer reported issue where JAWS was not indicating the Next and Prior links as well as links to other pages in the search results on Bing.com. • After typing some text into the Search edit field on Google.com, addressed a reported issue where JAWS was not reading the list of search choices that appears directly below the edit field. This was observed in Internet Explorer 11. • Resolved a customer reported issue with a particular web site where a menu was opening and it was not possible to return to the Virtual Cursor. • Addressed an issue where the removed text in a live region using the aria-relevant="removals" attribute was not being spoken by JAWS in Internet Explorer. • Improved JAWS performance with navigating and reading ARIA slider controls in Internet Explorer. list end Microsoft Outlook list of 3 items • When opening the Advanced Find dialog box using CTRL+SHIFT+F to search for specific messages and you press F6 to move to the message list, a customer reported issue was resolved where JAWS would sometimes stop reading the selected message if the window scrolled as you navigated through the list. • Resolved an issue reported by some customers where JAWS would sometimes not read the currently selected message as you navigated through a list of messages in a folder. You would hear the message status, such as "unread", but no additional info, like the message sender or the subject. • In the Outlook 2010 calendar, resolved a reported issue where JAWS was not indicating the "checked" status of shared calendars. list end Microsoft Word list of 4 items • Resolved an issue with the Text Reading mode touch gestures to move to the prior line, prior word, and prior character not working as expected in Word 2013. • When switching pages in a document, resolved an issue where JAWS was not announcing the page number until after reading the line. This occurred if there were no spaces between page breaks. • Resolved a customer reported issue where the Design and Layout tabs were not accessible when using the JAWS Virtual Ribbon. • You can now use the CTRL+WINDOWS Key+K keystroke to set a place marker at the end of a document. If you attempt to set a place marker at the beginning of the document, JAWS now speaks an error message. list end Windows 10 You can now use the JAWS table reading commands (CTRL+ALT+ARROW keys) to navigate the tiles in the Windows 10 Start menu. The tiles are accessed by selecting the All Apps button, pressing RIGHT ARROW from the All Apps list to move to the tile groups, and then pressing DOWN ARROW to move into the grid of tiles for the selected group. While you can use the ARROW keys to navigate in the tile grid, using table reading commands offers a more predictable experience as tiles can be of varying sizes and it is possible to inadvertently navigate out of a group while attempting to find tiles in a specific group. Since tiles may not always be the same size, the table commands for moving to the start or end of the current row or the top or bottom of the current column are not available in the tiles grid. Table navigation in the tiles grid does not wrap to the next or prior row and does not announce cell coordinates or how many rows the tile spans. It only announces the tile as if the ARROW keys were used to move to it. However, pressing CTRL+ALT+NUM PAD 5 to announce the current cell will speak the current row and column, followed by the tile text, and then the number of rows spanned by the tile. Take care. Mike For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
