Hello,
So what is "toast notification"
Where do I find how to change the voice for "toast notification"?
I looked in the JAWS voices sub menu.
Is toast notification supposed to be automatic? I have autoplay turned on.
When I select "eject", I hear a tone, and the Windows+v keystroke gives
me the notification.
e.g. ... safe to remove the USB device ...
Peter T.
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Subject: Today's JAWS update, Version 17.0.1377, what it does.
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:06:42 -0800
From: Tim Ford <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
[I took the following directly from the FS web site.]
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.
To download the latest release, visit the Downloads web page.
JAWS
* 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.
IBM Notes (formerly Lotus Notes)
* 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.
Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox
* 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.
Microsoft Outlook
* 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.
Microsoft Word
* 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.
Skype
* When using Skype in Windows 10, addressed an issue where JAWS was
not correctly announcing the title of chat windows.
Windows Live Mail
* Addressed a customer reported issue where information was not being
spoken as expected when selecting messages.
Windows 10
* 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.
