Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mario via Jfw Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 3:47 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Cc: Mario Subject: Re: reading page numbers in pdf files with jaws
after the pdf has been opened, use the JAWS cursor to find it 3 or 4 lines down from the top of the reader window. it'll be announced as a fraction, for example 1/20, that is page 1 out of 20 pages. I don't know of any keystroke, but it would be neat if there is one. On 10/30/2015 3:34 PM, John J. Fioravanti, Jr. via Jfw wrote: > Hi: Is there a way to read page numbers in a pdf file using jaws and > windows > 7 64 bit? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lisle, > Ted (CHFS DMS) via Jfw > Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 8:37 AM > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > Cc: Lisle, Ted (CHFS DMS) > Subject: RE: Jaws 17 Download Links & What's New > > The disk contains both versions, and the install routine will analyze > and determine which is needed. > > Ted > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > O.Addison Gethers via Jfw > Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 8:15 PM > To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' > Cc: O.Addison Gethers > Subject: RE: Jaws 17 Download Links & What's New > > Hello Mike, > I spoke with someone today at Freedom Scientific salesman about jaws > 17 he told me that I will be getting jaws 17 sometime next week > ,when I do get jaws 17 cds Can I still installed jaws 17 cds in laptop > even though laptop is 64 bits and desktop is 32 bits when I receive > jaws 17 ? Can you explained to me what is the difference between 32 > bits for desktop for jaws and 64 bits for laptop with jaws ? > Addison > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike B > via Jfw > Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 6:42 PM > To: JFW List > Cc: Mike B > Subject: Jaws 17 Download Links & What's New > > Hi All, > > Below are the direct download links for Jaws 17 for both 32 & 64 bit > systems. Also, what's new is below the download links. > > 32 Bit: > > http://files.freedomscientific.com/WebFiles/JAWS/J17.0.1010enu-x86.exe > > 64 Bit: > > http://files.freedomscientific.com/WebFiles/JAWS/J17.0.1010enu-x64.exe > > What's new: > > JAWS 17 Features > Smart Navigation, More Efficient Interaction with Complex Web Pages > and Applications > > Today and in the future, users will be faced with an increased need to > work with complex web forms, tables, and even applications that run > inside of a web browser. This will impact your day to day interactions > with services on-line such as banking and shopping, in addition to > many web apps found in both companies and government agencies. For > instance, Internet Explorer can be used to log onto a Microsoft > SharePoint server to collaborate with other co-workers and create and > store documents. The new Smart NavigationT feature is designed to make > it more efficient when navigating web-based applications with the > Virtual Cursor as the LEFT and RIGHT ARROW or CTRL+LEFT and > CTRL+RIGHT ARROW commands move by control instead of character and word. > This makes navigation such as moving across toolbars, tab strips, and > navigation links more like navigating around a desktop application. > Pressing the Say Character, Say Word, or Say Line commands twice > quickly changes to the traditional navigation by character, word, > line, sentence, and paragraph so you can review the text of the > control. Smart Navigation resumes when you move to a different control by pressing UP or DOWN ARROW or TAB. > Alternatively, you can use the INSERT+X command to quickly toggle > between Smart Navigation and the more traditional character and word > navigation depending on the type of web site you are navigating. > > > For example, if you use the LEFT and RIGHT ARROW keys to move across a > tab strip, you might hear JAWS announce something like; "Home tab selected," > "Insert > tab," and "Page Layout tab." If you wanted to review the items on the > tab strip character by character, press the Say Character (NUM PAD 5), > Say Word (INSERT+NUM PAD 5), or Say Line (INSERT+UP ARROW) commands twice quickly. > You can now navigate by character or word until you press DOWN ARROW > to move away from the tab strip to another control. > > Smart Navigation is off by default. To turn it on, there are a few ways. > > The quickest way to enable Smart Navigation is through the Startup > Wizard which automatically launches after JAWS is installed. When the > wizard starts, select the Next button until you reach the Common > Options page. You will be focused on a group of radio buttons where > you can use the ARROW keys to choose the Smart Navigation option you > want to use (Controls and Tables or Controls). Pressing TAB moves you > to another group of radio buttons that allow you to select how Forms > Mode activates. For the best experience with Smart Navigation, it is > recommended that users set Forms Mode to Semi-Auto or Manual. > This prevents JAWS from unexpectedly turning on Forms Mode while > navigating with the ARROW keys. Once you have changed the options you > want, continue selecting Next until you reach the Braille Settings > page and then select Finish to save your changes. Smart Navigation > will now be enabled for any environments that use the Virtual Cursor. > > Alternatively, Smart Navigation can be configured through Settings > Center or Quick Settings. For instance, you may want to use Smart > Navigation in Firefox, but not in Internet Explorer. > > You can also temporarily toggle Smart Navigation on or off using the > INSERT+X command. For instance, if you have configured Smart > INSERT+Navigation to > be enabled > by default and you encounter a web page where you would prefer not to > use it, you can press INSERT+X to turn it off and use the more > traditional navigation. > JAWS will switch back to Smart Navigation when focus moves away from > the browser or you navigate to a different web site. This command is > also useful if you do not want to use the Say Character, Say Word, or > Say Line commands twice quickly to switch to standard navigation. It > offers the additional benefit of not automatically switching back to > Smart Navigation when you move to a different control with the UP or > DOWN ARROW keys. You can just press > INSERT+X > again to toggle back to Smart Navigation when you are ready. > > Note: When using this command to toggle Smart Navigation under certain > circumstances such as inside a table, focus will not always remain at > the location of the toggle. This is because the virtual document is > reformatted as JAWS goes in and out of Screen Layout. > > Anytime you are using Smart Navigation, JAWS will work in Screen Layout. > This presents pages in the virtual buffer similar to how they appear > visually on the screen. Toolbar buttons or other lists of controls > that are visually laid out horizontally on the screen are displayed on > one line in the virtual document, allowing a single press of the DOWN > ARROW to skip the entire toolbar instead of having to move from button > to button to get past it. > > For a great example, please try JAWS 17 on a web form such as the > WebTrack sample form on the Surf's Up pages. On this page, you will > be able to see the power of navigating more efficiently with the DOWN > ARROW then in previous versions. > > > Smart Navigation offers two modes, Controls and Tables, or Controls. > Controls and Tables offers the most complete experience with Smart > Navigation and is the mode that is enabled when using the INSERT+X toggle. > > When set to Controls and Tables and you are currently not in a table, > most web-based controls, including, but not limited to, buttons, > links, edit fields, list boxes, tree views, and headings, are treated > as single units when navigating by character or word. Performing a Say > Character, Say Word, and Say Line command twice quickly while focused > on a control will switch to character and word Navigation so you can > use the traditional navigation by character, word, line, sentence, and > paragraph to review a control, such as the text of a button or link, > in greater detail. Smart Navigation by controls automatically resumes > when you move to another control using TAB or UP or DOWN ARROW. > > If focused inside of a table, the RIGHT and LEFT ARROW keys move > between columns while the UP and DOWN ARROW keys move between rows. If > you press RIGHT ARROW to move from the last column in the current row > to the first column of > > the next row, an ascending sound is heard. If you press LEFT ARROW to > move from the first column in the current row to the last column in > the prior row, a descending sound is heard. JAWS also announces the > number of the row that was moved to. > > When focused in a cell and it contains any controls, such as a > heading, or an edit field, pressing the Say Character, Say Word, or > Say Line commands twice quickly will switch to control navigation, and > performing these commands again twice quickly will switch to character and word navigation. > If the cell does not contain controls, you can only switch to > character and word navigation. Moving focus away from the current > table cell using LEFT or RIGHT ARROW will switch back to the prior > navigation level, for example, pressing RIGHT ARROW while in character > and word navigation will return to Smart Navigation in tables as soon > as you move to a different cell. When you are in control navigation, > or character and word navigation, pressing UP or DOWN ARROW will move > to and read the entire row. Pressing UP or DOWN ARROW from the > beginning or end of the table will also resume Smart Navigation by Controls and Tables. > > For an example of using Smart Navigation in tables, visit the Tables > with JAWS and MAGic page on the Surf's Up pages. > > When set to Controls and focus is not in a table, navigation is the > same as the Controls and Tables option. The only difference is that if > you encounter a table, you will need to use the standard table reading > commands (CTRL+ALT+ARROW keys) or the Table layer (INSERT+SPACEBAR, t) > to navigate the table. > > > When Smart navigation is active, press ALT+DELETE or INSERT+TAB to > have JAWS > > announce the current Smart Navigation level. > > New Sound Indication for Links > > As you navigate by line with Smart Navigation active, JAWS plays a > sound if the current line contains one or more links which would > generally be displayed on separate lines when you are not in Smart > Navigation. This sound helps you > > identify that a link exists and gives you a chance to pause to hear > about it or use TAB or the ARROW keys to move to it. To keep this > sound from being > > too intrusive, it is not heard if a line contains a link that is > preceeded by less than five characters. For instance, a bulleted or > numbered list that > > contains a link directly after the number or bullet. > > Use Settings Center to Configure Settings for a Specific Web Site > > In JAWS 17, you can now apply settings changes to a specific web site > domain > > using Settings Center. For instance, if you use Smart Navigation and > you have a particular web site where you would prefer not to have this > feature active, you can open Settings Center from the current site and turn it off. > Smart > Navigation will continue working on all other web sites. > > To configure web site specific settings, do the following: > > list of 6 items > 1. Open the web site where you want settings changes to apply. > 2. Press INSERT+F2, select Settings Center, and press ENTER. > 3. Press CTRL+SHIFT+W to open the settings file associated with the > currently active web site. Alternatively, press SHIFT+TAB to move to > the application list, press CTRL+HOME to move to the top of the list, > and then press DOWN ARROW one time to move to the settings file for the current site. > For example, if you open Settings Center from the Freedom Scientific > web site, you should > > see something like www.freedomscientific.com (Domain). > 4. From the Search edit box, type all or part of the setting you want > to change. For example, "smart" for Smart Navigation, "Forms" for > Forms Mode options, etc. > 5. Press DOWN ARROW to move to the filtered results of the Settings > Center tree view and make your preferred settings changes. > 6. Press TAB to move to the OK button and activate it with the > SPACEBAR. The > > changes are made and saved. Settings Center closes. > list end > > Now, whatever you have set for the current web site should only be > applied when any pages on this site are open and have focus. For > example, if you set Smart Navigation to Controls and Tables for the > Freedom Scientific web site, > > it should be off for all other web sites which is the default, unless > you are on Freedomscientific.com. > > New Options Added to Startup Wizard > > The Startup Wizard contains a series of pages that allow users to > quickly configure some of the more commonly used JAWS options > including speech settings, startup options, keyboard settings, > verbosity options, and braille settings. > > The Startup Wizard automatically launches after a full install of > JAWS, but can be accessed any time through the JAWS Help menu. In JAWS > 17, we have added a few more options we expect users will want convenient access to. > > list of 2 items > . The page which follows the Run JAWS Settings page is now called > Common Options. It contains new controls to configure Smart Navigation > and Forms Mode. > . A new Braille Translation Settings page has been added directly > after the Verbosity Settings page and before the Braille Settings > page. It contains the following new options: > > list of 3 items nesting level 1 > . Language: Use this combo box to specify the Braille language. For > example, > > English, Spanish, French, German, and so on. > . Output: Use this combo box to configure the output mode for reading > Braille on your display. The first option is always Computer Braille. > The other available options depend on the currently selected language. > For example, when the language is set to English United States, the > available output modes are U.S. > English Grade 1, U.S. English Grade 2, Unified English Braille Grade > 1, and Unified English Braille Grade 2. If you set the language to > French, the available modes are French Grade 1 and French Grade 2. > . Input Use this combo box to specify the input mode used when typing > Braille from the Perkins-style keyboard on your display. The first > option is > > always > Computer Braille. The other available option depends on the currently > selected output mode. For instance, if you have chosen to display > Unified English Braille Grade 2, then you can choose to type in either > Computer Braille or Unified English Braille Grade 2. This setting is > not available if the selected output mode is Computer Braille, or the > selected output mode does not support input. > list end nesting level 1 > list end > > Create domain specific scripts for Web Pages and Web Applications > > JAWS has always provided the ability to script desktop applications, > enabling many non-standard applications to be made accessible to JAWS users. > > In recent > years, however, more and more applications are being developed to run > inside > > web browsers. For example, Microsoft SharePoint and Google Docs are > web applications that allow you to create, edit, and save documents, > as well as collaborate with other users, directly through web pages > opened in Internet Explorer or Firefox. > > Since each web application can offer its own unique functionality, the > JAWS scripts for the web browser are too general to be of use for specific pages. > JAWS 17 extends the scripting functionality to enable you to create > scripts that only load when a particular web site is being accessed, > so you can customize a web page or application to your specific needs. > For instance, if you created scripts for www.microsoft.com, these > scripts would be loaded for any > > page > opened on the Microsoft web site. Domain specific scripts are loaded > on top of the browser scripts so that JAWS can fall back to the > general scripts in situations where a domain specific script behavior > is not available. This gives scripters much more control when > scripting a web-based application for a client at a job site as they > can create specific functionality for the application without affecting how JAWS performs on other web pages. > > To aid in creating domain specific scripts, three new script functions > have been added. > > list of 3 items > . GetDocumentXML: This function obtains well-formed XML from the Dom > Server for parsing using the MSXML com object. > . PerformActionOnElementWithTagAndAttribute: This function finds an > element in the DOM by tag and attribute/value pair and performs an > action on it such as setFocus, makeVisible, doDefaultAction, leftClick, or rightClick. > . PerformActionOnElementWithID: This function finds an element in the > DOM by > > unique ID and performs an action on it such as setFocus, makeVisible, > doDefaultAction, leftClick or rightClick. > list end > > Using these functions, you could write scripts to do things like find > and speak a particular heading, add the numbers in the last row of a > table and speak the total, and much more, all without moving the Virtual Cursor. > > To demonstrate domain-specific scripting, we have included sample > SharePoint > > scripts that allow you to access web-based toolbars on a SharePoint > domain using the INSERT+CTRL+F8 keystroke. To enable these sample > scripts, do the > following: > > list of 2 items > 1. Create a confignames.ini file in your JAWS user settings folder > located at C:\Users\Your User Name\AppData\Roaming\Freedom > Scientific\JAWS\17.0\Settings\enu. > 2. Add the following lines. > [Domains] > fsservices-my.sharepoint.com=SharePointWeb > list end > > If the scripts are not working, meaning that toolbars cannot be > activated with the INSERT+CTRL+F8 keystroke, check the address of the current domain. > If > necessary, add another line to your confignames.ini to enable that > domain to > > be recognized so that the sharePoint sample scripts load. > > Liblouis Braille Translator now included for English > > JAWS 17 has switched to the popular and widely accepted open-source > Liblouis > > braille translator. This new translation now offers both contracted > and uncontracted Unified English Braille (UEB) and the more > traditional Contracted English Braille (CEB) when reading and writing. > Starting in 2016, UEB will become the standard in the United States. > Switching now to Liblouis will ensure JAWS offers the latest standards for UEB translation. > > New in JAWS Touch Screen Support > > Since JAWS 15, users have had the ability to interact with the touch > screens > > found on various devices like the Dell Venue series of Windows tablets. > Using > one and multi-finger gestures such as taps, flicks, and swipes, users > navigate to and activate controls, read text, and perform other common > JAWS functions. > In JAWS 17, we have continued to enhance touch screen support by > providing access to the Windows touch keyboard as well as adding the > ability to edit and select text in documents, messages, or web pages > right from the touch screen. > > Support for the Windows Touch Keyboard > > JAWS 17 offers full support for the Windows touch keyboard, enabling > you to > > write documents, email messages, and fill out forms on the Internet right > on your device's touch screen if you do not have access to a > > physical keyboard. While a regular keyboard is still recommended for writing > lengthy documents or performing complex editing tasks, using > > the Touch keyboard is convenient for writing a quick note, composing > or replying to an email, or filling out a form on a web site. > > To activate the Touch Keyboard, double tap the Start Touch Keyboard > button on the Desktop, or perform the new JAWS gesture, four-finger > swipe down then up. JAWS announces "opened Touch Keyboard" and plays an ascending sound. > Once enabled, the keyboard is positioned in the bottom part > of > the screen and each key is represented by a button. Use flick gestures to > move to each key, or drag your finger around the screen to > explore > and locate keys. While exploring, JAWS plays a unique set of sounds to > alert > > you when you enter or leave the area of the screen > containing > the touch keyboard. Once you become familiar with the touch keyboard > layout, > > you can tap at the location of each key. To close the touch keyboard, > perform another four-finger swipe down then up. JAWS announces "closed > touch keyboard" and plays a descending sound. > > JAWS offers two different modes for typing characters: > > list of 2 items > . Standard Typing: A key is typed when a double tap or split tap is > performed on the screen after exploring to any of the keyboard > buttons. If alternative > characters are available for the current keyboard > button, a triple tap will open a panel of alternative keys related to > the selected > key. Performing a triple tap on any keyboard button in > the alternative characters panel will close the panel. Standard Typing > is the default mode. > . Touch Typing: A key is typed when the finger is lifted from any of > the keyboard buttons, or a split tap is performed on the selected > keyboard button. > If alternative characters are available for the > current keyboard button, a split double tap will open a panel of > alternative keys related > to the selected key. Performing a split double tap on > any keyboard button in the alternative characters panel will close the > panel. > > list end > > Use the new Touch Keyboard settings group located in the main Keyboard > group > > in Settings center to change the typing mode as well as choose whether > JAWS announces characters, words, both characters and words, or is > silent as you type using the touch keyboard. You can also change how > you are notified when the touch keyboard or the panel of alternate characters opens and closes. > > Note: Changing the feedback for the touch keyboard is separate from > the feedback for the physical keyboard. This means you can have JAWS > say nothing > > when > using a regular keyboard, but continue to announce both characters and > words > > when using the touch keyboard. > > Text Selection and Other Improvements in Text Reading Mode > > Text reading is one of the three gesture modes that can be activated > by rotating two fingers on the screen. JAWS 17 will now also > automatically switch to Text Reading if you double tap on an element that supports cursor > navigation such as an article in the News app, or the text > area of > an editing application like Microsoft Word. When Text Reading is > activated using a double tap on a text element, for instance, the > second paragraph of a document, JAWS attempts to position the cursor > at the location of the double tap. > > When Text Reading is active, flicking left or right moves by > character, flicking left or right with two fingers moves by word, > flicking up or down moves by line, flicking up or down with two > fingers moves by paragraph, flicking left or right with three fingers > moves to the beginning or end of a line, and flicking up or down with > three fingers moves to the top or bottom of the text area. In > addition, you can now flick up or down with four fingers to move by > page, similar to using PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN. These gestures also move > the cursor, enabling you to navigate to the location in a document > where you want to insert text or begin selecting text. For example, > you could flick up > > with two fingers to move to the prior paragraph, flick left or right > to position the focus on a blank line, and then begin typing to insert > text at that location. > > Performing a triple tap on the screen with one finger will now toggle > text selection on or off. When enabled, using any of the above text > reading gestures will select the specific unit as well as move to it. > For example, to move to > > and select the next line, perform a triple tap and then flick down. > Text will continue to be selected as you navigate until you perform a > triple tap again > > to turn it off. To read currently selected text, you can now perform a > two-finger triple tap. > > Other Touch Screen Improvements > > Dragging a finger around the screen to explore and hear each element > now works in Text Reading mode in addition to Touch Navigation mode. > If Text Reading is currently active and you explore to an item that > does not support this mode, JAWS will automatically switch back to > Touch Navigation. As you explore, you can now have JAWS announce the > character or word at the current location > > by performing a split tap or split double tap. > > If you encounter an element that does not support standard cursor > navigation, such as a button, or an item in a list, performing a > three-finger swipe down then up now opens a Virtual Viewer window > containing the name of the element. You can then use the navigation > gestures described above to review this information. > This is useful if you want to review a control in greater detail that > you did not quite understand when it was announced by JAWS during > exploration or when tapping it. When this mode is active, you will not > be able to navigate to other items on the screen. If you explore > outside of the Virtual Viewer, JAWS plays a sound to indicate you are > no longer in the window. Performing the three-finger swipe down then > up gesture again will close the Virtual Viewer. > > Tablet Orientation Notification > > JAWS now indicates in both speech and braille when the screen > orientation changes between portrait and landscape. When changing to > landscape, JAWS says "landscape, with home button to the left" or > "landscape, with home button to > > the right", depending on the position of the tablet. When changing to > portrait, JAWS says "portrait" or "portrait flipped." > > Explore Scripts > > A new Explore Scripts shortcut has been added to the Utilities folder > in Windows 8 and later and the Explore JAWS submenu located under the > JAWS program group in Windows 7 and earlier. Selecting this shortcut > opens the folder where the shared script files are stored. > > Script Compatibility Mode > > By default, scripts compiled using the Script Manager or the > scompile.exe command line tool in JAWS 17 will not work with prior > versions of JAWS. This is due to changes in JAWS 17 to improve the > localization process. In order to compile scripts that will work in > JAWS 17 as well as prior versions, select the new Compatibility Mode > option from the File Menu in Script Manager, or use the -c command line option if using scompile.exe. > > Note: If you compile scripts with the compatibility option, and your > scripts > > use messages defined in JSM files that ship with JAWS 17, those > messages will always be in English regardless of the language of the > JAWS version that is running. > > Sports Scores Lookup Sources Temporarily Removed from Research It > > Until we can get cooperation from ESPN to allow access to their sports > results using the Research It feature, the MLB, NFL, NBA, and NCAA > Scores lookup sources have been removed. We hope to add them back in > the future once a solution is reached. > > Merge Utility No Longer Available > > Major changes have been made to improve the JAWS localization process. > This included reorganizing many of the JAWS settings files. Due to > these changes, the Merge utility is no longer installed with JAWS 17 > as settings from prior > > versions cannot be merged. We are planning a solution for the future > which will replace this utility and provide an even greater benefit > for our customers. > > Take care. > Mike > This email was sent from my, iBarstool. 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