I have found that the update utility from within JAWS works about half the time. Do not understand the inconsistency. Andy
-----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Rose Combs Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 11:16 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [JAWS-Users] Direct Download Links & What's New ForLatestRelease J17.0.1377 For some of us using the update function as intended works just fine and is more convenient, only once since introduced did I need the real executable file later and that was early in the program. Do it the way you want but to insist others do it your way is not helping. If Freedom meant for everyone to grab the executable they would never have given us the update option. I don't recall when it came into life but needing to go after the executable in all the upgrades that have been offered in each version of JAWS says the update works for many of us. Just saying! Rose Combs roseco...@q.com A picture may be worth a thousand words but it takes up three times the memory! -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of David Moore Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 9:16 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Direct Download Links & What's New ForLatestRelease J17.0.1377 Hi, I always download the new JAWS executable file and save it on my computer and external drive. Installing the new .exe file always works better and has less problems later. Just updating it usually causes problems later for me. Have a great one. -----Original Message----- From: Mike B. Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 8:31 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Direct Download Links & What's New ForLatestRelease J17.0.1377 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: dacia.l...@gmail.com To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com 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. <mb69ma...@charter.net> 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/ 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/
