et to provide the most optimal experience.
However, just like with speech verbosity, each level can be further
customized to
give only the information you want to hear. For example, you may want to
continue using the default Medium verbosity level, but you may want JAWS to
announce
a couple more elements that are not spoken by default at this level.
To customize a verbosity level, open Settings Center, expand the
Web/HTML/PDFs group, expand the Reading group, and expand the Configure
Verbosity Levels
group. Next, press the SPACEBAR on the verbosity level you want to
customize. A dialog box opens containing a tree view listing the structural
elements
that can be announced by the Virtual Cursor. Use the SPACEBAR to select or
clear an element and then choose OK to save your changes.
"Document and Web Pages Automatically Read when Loaded" Option Added to
Settings Center
The option to determine whether or not JAWS automatically begins reading
after a PDF document or web page loads has been added to Settings Center and
Quick
Settings. Previously, this option was only available for Fusion users, but
it has been expanded to be available for users who are only running JAWS.
When enabled, JAWS automatically begins reading web pages and PDF documents
when loaded. Turn it off if you do not want JAWS to automatically begin
reading.
Disabling this option is especially useful if you are using JAWS in
conjunction with screen magnification software as the focus is not
unexpectedly moved
back to the top while you are using the mouse to navigate through the
document.
By default, this setting is on when only JAWS is running and off when using
Fusion or FSReader.
Support for Microsoft Mobile Voices in Windows 10
JAWS now works with the Microsoft Mobile voices, a new speech interface from
Microsoft developed for the Universal Windows Platform. If you are running
JAWS in Windows 10, a new Microsoft Mobile voice profile will be listed in
the Voice Adjustment dialog box and the Select a Voice Profile dialog box
(CTRL+INSERT+S).
The available voices depend on the installed Windows language. For English,
three voices are available. Additional voices can be added through
downloadable
language packs which can be installed through the Region and Language
settings.
Updated Liblouis Braille Translator
JAWS 2018 includes version 3.2.0 of the popular Liblouis braille translator.
This offers our users the latest updates to contracted and uncontracted
Unified
English Braille (UEB) translation as well as improvements for other language
tables.
Improvements to JAWS Language Switching
If a document or web page contains text in a language that is different from
the JAWS primary language, JAWS can automatically switch to the specific
language
if the currently active voice profile contains the appropriate voice and the
document author has used the correct tags to indicate the change in
language.
However, most international versions of JAWS turn automatic language
switching off by default, requiring users to manually change the voice to
match the
language of document text. When manually switching languages, either by
changing the active voice profile or using the Select a Language dialog box
(CTRL+WINDOWS
Key+L), JAWS now only reads the text of the document or web page in the
selected language, but will continue reading JAWS messages, application
menus,
and dialog boxes using the primary language.
For example, if you have a profile that has Dutch set as the primary
language and you switch to an English voice to read an English web page,
JAWS will
read the English text using the English voice, but will continue using the
Dutch voice to read JAWS messages such as the indication of links and
headings.
Acronym Expansion Included When Spelling a Word
When navigating web pages with the Virtual Cursor and you encounter words
that include an acronym expansion, pressing INSERT+NUM PAD 5 (CAPS LOCK+K)
in
Laptop layout) twice quickly to spell the current word now also speaks the
acronym or abbreviation.
Read Dialog Boxes in Modern Apps
When a dialog box is displayed in a desktop application, you can press
INSERT+B to have JAWS read the entire contents of the dialog box. This
command now
also works in Modern apps including Mail, Store, and Edge to read the
contents of various popup dialogs.
Take care. Mike. Go Dodgers!
Sent from my iBarstool.
Arguing with a woman is like reading a software license agreement. In the
end you have to ignore everything, & click I agree.
- Original Message -
From: Tim Ford
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 8:18 PM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Link to download/install JAWS 2018 BETA.
Hi All,
I just cleaned out all my trash, and realized I lost the email that had the
link to JAWS 2018. Can someone please send that? The current emails on
that subject no longer have the earlier thread, and I cannot remember m
