Hi Dacia, Have you tried rebooting to see if that helps? If you reboot & your system comes up running normally, try downloading J17 using the links I provided earlier, & running that update installation file from your computer. Some people have good luck updating with the Jaws updater, & others do not. Or, even with your computer acting weird, if you can download the previously mentioned installation executable & running it, that might clear up your troubles. Take care. Mike Global warming? Most likely caused from hot air generated by politicians ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 4:46 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Direct Download Links & What's New For LatestRelease J17.0.1377
Hi, I asked this in a previous email, but thought I'd ask it again here. The option to update just came on my computer, so I chose to do so. However, it said that it couldn't update the patch. And I hit OK. Once I did that, my computer has not let me navigate things. It talks, and will let me hit letters, but it's not navigating to anything on my computer. Any suggestions? Should I uninstall it completely and reinstall just the original Joss 17 cd I got in not do the updates? Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 27, 2016, at 6:41 PM, Mike B. <[email protected]> wrote: > > Howdy All, > > Below are the direct download links & what's new in this J17.0.1377 > release. > > 32 Bit: > > http://files.freedomscientific.com/WebFiles/JAWS/J17.0.1377enu-x86.exe > > 64 Bit: > > http://files.freedomscientific.com/WebFiles/JAWS/J17.0.1377enu-x64.exe > > Enhancements in JAWS 17.0.1377 (January 2016) > > The following is a list of improvements made between the JAWS 17 November > 2015 release and the January 2016 update. > > JAWS > list of 17 items > • The INSERT+X command, which temporarily toggles Smart Navigation, now > uses > the default selection configured in the Startup Wizard. For instance, if > the > default setting is Off, performing this command toggles between Controls > and > Tables and Off. If the default setting is Controls, performing this > command > toggles between Off and Controls. > • When typing in Contracted Braille using the keyboard on the Focus > display, > resolved an issue where text was not being entered into edit fields if the > particular field was completely empty. > • When JAWS is configured to display text in Unified English Braille > (UEB), > resolved an issue where the word "in" was being incorrectly contracted > when > followed by a punctuation mark or preceded by a quotation mark. > • Resolved a customer reported issue with UEB translation where the "ever" > contraction was being used incorrectly in some instances. > • Resolved an issue where the dollar sign (dot 4 followed by dots 2-3-4) > was > not being entered as expected when typing in Unified English Braille Grade > 2. > • On the Braille Settings page in the Startup Wizard, the Placement of > Status Cells and Dot Firmness options will now only be available when a > braille > display supporting these features is connected. > • Added new braille tables for Dutch. > • Resolved a customer reported issue where JAWS was unexpectedly speaking > the system time after pressing ENTER from the Search Box in the Windows 7 > Start > menu. > • Added links in the JAWS Help to the web page where users can download > the > Freedom Scientific Developer Network (FSDN). > • A new option, Annotation Indication, has been added to the Reading > Options > group in Quick Settings for all applications. It determines whether or not > JAWS detects annotations such as comments, footnotes, and endnotes in rich > text documents. > • Resolved an issue with the Technology News from CNet Research It lookup > source where results containing an apostrophe were not being displayed > correctly. > • If JAWS is configured to start automatically at the logon screen or > after > you have logged into Windows, you can now press and hold both the ALT and > CTRL > keys as Windows boots to prevent JAWS from starting. This is useful if you > need to troubleshoot any startup related issues you may be experiencing. > • A new speech output type has been added which enables JAWS to > automatically announce toast notifications. These are notifications apps > can > use to display > time-sensitive or personally relevant notifications regardless of whether > the user is in another app or on the Start screen, Lock screen, or > Desktop. > For > example, a toast may be used to alert a user to an incoming VOIP call, > instant message, or text message. The new Toasts output type is selected > for > all > verbosity levels and can be configured using the Configure Verbosity > Levels > group in Settings Center. > • Resolved reported issues using JAWS with the Miranda NG instant > messaging > client. > • Resolved a customer reported issue where pressing INSERT+PAGE UP in a > command prompt window was reading the next line instead of reading from > the > cursor > to the end of the current line as expected. > • Addressed a reported issue with dialog boxes that are generated using > JAWS > scripts not being spoken as expected. > • Worked with Pitney Bowes to resolve several reported issues that > impacted > their company employees using JAWS. > list end > > IBM Notes (formerly Lotus Notes) > list of 1 items > • Due to limitations with JAWS support for IBM Notes, Smart Navigation > does > not work as well as it does in other applications that use the Virtual > Cursor. > At this time, we have disabled this feature in IBM Notes until we can get > it > working properly. > list end > > Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox > list of 9 items > • When navigating the contents of some edit fields, resolved an issue > where > the last and first words of consecutive lines were being read as a single > word. > • Improvements continue to be made to JAWS performance with Google Docs > and > Google Sheets. These include the paragraph navigation commands (CTRL+UP > ARROW > and CTRL+DOWN ARROW) as well as the commands for reading the current line > and current paragraph (INSERT+UP ARROW and INSERT+NUM PAD 5) now working > as > expected, > the document content edit field now being properly recognized as a > multiline > edit, and JAWS now speaking the correct label for the document content > edit > field and no longer displaying it on every line in Braille. > • You can now use the JAWS cursor to navigate web page content in Firefox. > • Resolved an issue where spaces in the content of some tables were being > ignored by JAWS. > • Resolved an issue where JAWS domain-specific settings for a specific web > page were not being loaded as expected in some situations. > • When pressing ENTER or SPACEBAR on a toolbar button, JAWS no longer > exits > Forms Mode, enabling you to continue interacting with the toolbar until > focus > changes. > • Resolved a reported issue with JAWS not reading form field descriptions > as > expected when the aria-describedby property is applied to a fieldset. > • When pressing INSERT+F5 to open a list of form fields on a web page, > addressed an issue where some fields were not being displayed properly if > they contained > HTML markup. > • While typing into a multiline edit field, JAWS no longer exits Forms > Mode > when the ENTER key is pressed to add a new line. > list end > > Microsoft Outlook > list of 3 items > • Addressed a reported issue with shared calendars not being read by JAWS > in > some versions of Outlook 2010. > • In the Outlook 2013 calendar, resolved a reported issue where JAWS was > not > indicating the "checked" status of shared calendars. > • In an email message that contains tables, addressed a reported issue > where > the SHIFT+COMMA and SHIFT+PERIOD keystrokes were not moving to the > beginning > or end of the current table. > list end > > Microsoft Word > list of 3 items > • If ALT+UP ARROW is pressed from the files list in the Open dialog box to > move to the parent folder, resolved an issue where this keystroke would > not > work unless the Pass Key Through command (INSERT+3) was pressed first. > • Addressed an issue with using the F11 and SHIFT+11 keystrokes to move > through form fields in a document. > • Resolved an issue where Research It could not be launched while focused > in > the Backstage view. > list end > > Skype > list of 1 items > • When using Skype in Windows 10, addressed an issue where JAWS was not > correctly announcing the title of chat windows. > list end > > Windows Live Mail > list of 1 items > • Addressed a customer reported issue where information was not being > spoken > as expected when selecting messages. > list end > > Windows 10 > list of 3 items > • In the Windows 10 Calculator, you can now press INSERT+CTRL+D to move > focus to the Display field so you can review a result, or the numbers you > entered > for a calculation. If you are using a Focus braille display, you can press > D > CHORD. > • Improved JAWS performance on the Windows 10 lock screen, which gains > focus > when you press WINDOWS Key+L to log off. > • Resolved an issue where JAWS was announcing too much information in the > Choose Default Apps dialog box. > list end > > Take care. > Mike > Global warming? Most likely caused from hot air generated by politicians > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
