Hi All, Below are the direct download links for the J18 update released today. It's J18.0.2324 & what's new in this release.
32 Bit: http://jaws18.vfo.digital/2324AF559Q/J18.0.2324enu-x86.exe 64 Bit: http://jaws18.vfo.digital/2324AF559Q/J18.0.2324enu-x64.exe Enhancements in JAWS 18.0.2324 (January 2017) The following is a list of improvements made between the JAWS 18 December 2016 release and the January 2017 update. To download the latest release, visit the Downloads web page. JAWS list of 7 items . Improved JAWS interoperability with ZoomText 11 when using the JAWS laptop keyboard layout, both of which use the CAPS LOCK key as a modifier. For users that plan to run both JAWS and ZoomText using the JAWS Laptop layout, it is recommended you change the keyboard configuration in ZoomText 11 by selecting the Import HotKeys option under Command Keys and choosing the configuration named: "ZT_JAWS_Laptop_en-US.zxc". This will add the ALT key to many of the ZoomText commands that use CAPS LOCK in a key combination that conflicts with a keystroke in the JAWS Laptop layout. The only change for JAWS will be the process of toggling Caps lock on or off. You will need to press the CAPS LOCK key three times quickly in order to toggle it when using JAWS 18 Laptop layout with ZoomText 11. . Resolved an issue where pressing INSERT+F4 would not quit JAWS if focus was in Excel. . Addressed an issue with pasting text into an application during a JAWS Tandem session. . Improved JAWS automatic announcements of Windows 10 notifications. . Addressed an issue with JAWS not working as expected when trying to rename a custom label (INSERT+CTRL+TAB). . Resolved an issue where the Touch Cursor would not detect progress bar updates unless the Touch Cursor was moved away from the progress bar and then back to it. . Removed the People Search Research It lookup source as the web site used to retrieve results is no longer available. We hope to add it back in the future once another reliable service is found. list end Web Browsers list of 7 items . Added support for the ARIA-details property in Internet Explorer and Firefox. . Addressed issues where JAWS was causing Internet Explorer to become sluggish or unexpectedly close on certain pages. . Resolved an issue where JAWS was sometimes double speaking on HTML menu items in Internet Explorer 11. . When attempting to save a web page in Google Chrome, resolved an issue where both JAWS and Chrome would become unresponsive. . Resolved an issue reported by the SSA where JAWS was not reading multiple lines above an edit field when navigating using Navigation Quick Keys or TAB. . Resolved an issue reported by the SSA where JAWS was not reading combo box labels as expected. . Resolved a reported issue where JAWS was not speaking the ARIA-expanded attribute on links when tabbing. list end Microsoft Outlook list of 1 items . You can now navigate Outlook 2016 message lists using JAWS table reading commands (ALT+CTRL+ARROW keys) just like reading a table in a document or web page. This makes it much easier to navigate and read message headers. You can even use the table layer (INSERT+SPACEBAR, T) where you can navigate with just the ARROW keys, which makes it convenient if you want to move quickly by row, but continue to hear the same column. list end Microsoft Word list of 1 items . Addressed a customer reported issue where JAWS was not working as expected in the Word Count dialog box. list end Enhancements in JAWS 18.0.2118 (December 2016) The following is a list of improvements made between the initial JAWS 18 release and the December 2016 update. JAWS list of 11 items . The keystroke to announce the comment at the cursor location in a Word document as well as all of the JAWS Tandem keystrokes can now be found using the JAWS Commands Search feature (INSERT+SPACEBAR, J). . You can now press a braille display cursor router button on a file in Windows Explorer to rename the file. . Addressed an issue with JAWS not reading as expected after using the mouse to minimize or close the Virtual Viewer. . Resolved an issue where some controls in the Windows Update dialog box were not being correctly identified as links when using Touch or Mouse Echo. . When changing the setting for the User Pan Mode option in Settings Center, resolved a reported issue where the corresponding option in Quick Settings was not getting changed. . Addressed a customer reported issue with braille flash messages using the "err" type not working when the flash message verbosity was set to Advanced. . Resolved a reported issue where JAWS was unexpectedly restarting under some circumstances when using the Auto Graphics Labeler. . Addressed reported issues with some Research It lookup sources not working as expected in both the Spanish and German versions of JAWS. . A customer using the Spanish version of JAWS reported several English messages and keystroke conflicts. These have been resolved. . In response to customer feedback, if a French keyboard has been added in Windows Regional Settings and LEFT ALT+LEFT SHIFT is pressed to switch the keyboard language, JAWS now announces when the keyboard language changes to French. . This update includes the latest braille display drivers from Humanware for the Brailliant BI and BrailleNote Touch. list end JAWS Touch Support list of 4 items . The three-finger flick down and three-finger flick up gestures now cycle between the panes in various applications including the Windows Mail app, Microsoft Word, and JAWS Settings Center. This is similar to pressing F6 or SHIFT+F6 on the keyboard. . When you move to a slider control using touch, you can now flick up or down with one finger to adjust the value of the slider. . You can now review the contents of a command prompt window using touch gestures. . As you explore the screen with the touch keyboard active, JAWS now plays a sound to indicate when you are on a keyboard button. list end Vocalizer Expressive 2.2 list of 5 items . Resolved an issue where the Set Language as Primary button was not available as expected in the Voice Adjustment dialog box when configuring voice profiles for certain languages. . When creating a new voice profile, addressed an issue with certain languages where no voices were being listed in the Person combo box. . Resolved issues with the Speak Sample button not working as expected when creating a new voice profile. . Resolved a reported issue where there were no pauses in speech when the punctuation level was set to none. . Addressed an issue where it was not possible to switch to the English South Africa voice using the Select a Language dialog box (WINDOWS Key+CTRL+L). list end Adobe Acrobat list of 2 items . While navigating in PDF documents, resolved an issue where focus was unexpectedly moving to a different location in the document. . Resolved a reported issue where JAWS was not reading graphics correctly in Acrobat Reader DC. list end Microsoft Excel list of 2 items . In the Excel 2016 spell checker, addressed a reported issue where JAWS was saying "no selected item" while navigating the list of suggestions. . Updated the documentation for the Move to Worksheet keystroke (CTRL+SHIFT+S) to make it easier to locate using the JAWS Commands Search. list end Microsoft Outlook list of 4 items . Resolved a customer reported issue where messages were automatically being read even when the Messages Automatically Read option in Quick Settings was turned off. . Resolved an issue with JAWS not correctly speaking the state of check boxes when creating custom search folders. . Improved JAWS performance when using the Outlook 2016 search (CTRL+E). . When using the CTRL+ALT+1 through 4 keystrokes to change the Calendar view in Outlook 2016, addressed an issue where JAWS was sometimes not indicating the view gaining focus. list end Microsoft Word list of 4 items . Added a new Quick Settings option, Include Blank Paragraphs For Paragraph Navigation, to specify whether or not blank paragraphs are included when using CTRL+UP ARROW and CTRL+DOWN ARROW. When enabled, navigation in the Word document with CTRL+UP ARROW and CTRL+DOWN ARROW will include blank lines as well as paragraphs with text. This setting is off by default which means that blank lines are skipped. . Resolved a customer reported issue with Spanish JAWS where pressing CTRL+SHIFT+COMMA or CTRL+SHIFT+PERIOD in a Spanish version of Office to decrease or increase the font point size was not working as expected. . JAWS now provides better access to form fields in unprotected documents in Word 2016. . JAWS now indicates when split buttons in Office ribbons are unavailable. list end Skype list of 1 items . JAWS now announces Sign in and Sign out notifications as well as other miscellaneous alerts that were not previously being announced reliably. list end Web Browsers list of 14 items . JAWS now includes the contents of ARIA live regions in Braille Structured Mode. A good example to see this is Google Sheets, Google's web-based spreadsheet program. Before this change, JAWS could speak cell coordinates or contents, but this information was not displayed in braille. Now, JAWS shows in braille not only cell coordinates such as a1, a2 etc., but can also display the entire cell contents, or what is currently being typed into a cell. . Added support for the ARIA 1.1 features aria-posinset and aria-setsize on menu items in Firefox and on tab controls in Internet Explorer. . In Firefox, added support for the aria-errormessage, aria-rowindex, and aria-colindex ARIA 1.1 properties, as well as role="none" and the new "figure" role. . Added JAWS support for the ARIA 1.1 error message relation in Internet Explorer. . Addressed a reported issue with navigating to and activating tab controls on web pages in Firefox. . Resolved a customer reported issue where lists inside of a Navigation region on certain web pages were not being displayed correctly in Firefox. . Addressed an issue with the "new tab page" message being announced at inappropriate times. This message should now only be heard when a browser tab opens or closes. . In Internet Explorer, addressed an issue where JAWS was not reading labels for clickable elements. . Resolved reported issues encountered by some users when completing the JAWS Certification Exam. . Resolved issues with JAWS reporting the incorrect state of check boxes when the Display Settings (DPI) was set higher than 100 percent which is often the case on touch screen laptops and tablets. . When selecting text in a multiline edit field in Google Chrome, resolved an issue where the selected text was not being indicated in braille. . Addressed issues with form fields that use the aria-labelledby attribute not being seen by JAWS in Internet Explorer the same as they are in Firefox. . Resolved an issue where JAWS was not correctly announcing links that contain the aria-describedby attribute in Internet Explorer. . In Internet Explorer, resolved reported issues where check boxes and links were not working as expected inside of a div element using an ARIA role of "grid". In addition, pressing INSERT+CTRL+B for a list of buttons on the page now works as expected inside an ARIA grid. list end Take care. Mike Sent from my iBarstool. 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