JAWS Bytes E-Updated 007

Quantum Technology welcomes you to the seventh edition of our JAWS Bytes newsletter!

JAWS 8.0 has arrived!

To download a JAWS 8.0 demo or to read “what is new” go to

http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_JAWS80fea.asp

JAWS SMA holders and new full version purchases since September 2006 are authorised to download and begin using JAWS 8.0 upgrade. If you are not sure whether you are authorised for this version, you can look up your JAWS serial number on http://www.FSActivate.com then choose the Continue Product Activation button. On the Freedom Scientific Product Activation page, choose the link: "Verify the number of activation keys available." On this page, a table contains the specific information about your license.

RealSpeak Solo Speech Synthesizers!

There are more human sounding voices which will be included standard with releases of JAWS from version 8.0. You will still have access to Eloquence if you prefer. The Realspeak voices perform better on faster computers.

Some New Features of JAWS 8.0

Internet Explorer 7 and Tabbed Navigation

JAWS 8.0 continues to keep pace with the latest developments from Microsoft. Internet Explorer 7 introduces tabbed browsing navigation, which allows you to run multiple Web pages within a single browsing window. This browsing approach is similar to Mozilla Firefox.

New Keyboard Functions in Internet Explorer

Freedom Scientific has made a significant modification to Internet Explorer keyboard functionality. In previous JAWS releases, the tabbing order in Internet Explorer always placed the address bar and tool bar first, before any Web page links. With JAWS 8.0, pressing TAB now takes you to the first link or control on the page, skipping over the address bar and tool bar. From a usability stand point, this is much more efficient than previous JAWS releases.

Pressing SHIFT+TAB still allows you to move backwards to the tool bar and address bar. Also, if you tab all the way through the page, JAWS will wrap to the address bar from the last element on the page as expected. This functionality is part of the Internet Explorer design and has not been altered by JAWS.

To read more about the new features in JAWS 8.0 go to http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws80fea.asp#top

Supported operating systems

JAWS 8.0 will support the following systems:

Windows 2000, Windows XP Home (JAWS Standard) and Windows XP Professional, Windows Media Edition, Windows Server 2003. A patch enabling Windows Vista support will be released by Freedom Scientific upon Vista's official release.

Freedom Scientific has discontinued support for the following versions of windows.

Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edition Windows Millennium Edition and Windows NT, Jaws will not be able to be loaded on to these Operating Systems.

JAWS 7.1 Update for Internet Explorer 7

Recently a new update for JAWS 7.1 for windows XP was released which fixed some minor issues when using internet explorer 7. These were caused by changes to Internet Explorer 7 which meant JAWS couldn't read some form fields such as combo boxes. You can either get this update by using the "check for updates" option in the JAWS help menu or download the full JAWS 7.1 package from:

http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_downloads/moreJAWS.asp

Quantum’s FAQ and Answers

Automatic Language detection in JAWS Question

When a web page is loaded and JAWS starts speaking in a different language. For Example, An HTML page is coded as if it were written in French - it is actually written in English but the new JAWS 5.0 Language Detection feature is seeing the HTML mark-up and causing JAWS to read the text with French Eloquence.

To turn off automatic Language Detection Answer

1. To permanently disable the "Language detection" feature, press INSERT+F2 and press ENTER to open the Configuration Manager.
2. Press ALT+Control+D to be sure the default JAWS configuration manager file is loaded.
3. Pres Alt+S to open the Settings menu.
4. Arrow to “Text processing" enters or press T to open the dialog.
5. Press Alt+G to toggle Detect Languages off or on.
6. Press ENTER to exit the HTML dialog and save this change.
7. Exit the Configuration Manager by pressing ALT+F4. Press Y when prompted to save all changes.

Control page up and control page down Question

After using the "Find" command in Word, control page up and control page down searches for the next and previous instance of your find query instead of moving by pages.

If you want to use CTRL+PAGE DOWN and PAGE UP to move to the next and previous pages of your document instead of the Find command, do the following:

1. In Microsoft Word, press INSERT+3. This passes the next keystroke you press through to Word.
2. Press ALT+CTRL+HOME to open the Select Browse Object menu.
3. Select "Browse by Page" and press ENTER.

Note: to select a different type of item to move to when you press CTRL+PAGE DOWN or PAGE UP, do the above and arrow through the list to select the object you prefer.

USB Offer

Quantum is giving the first twenty people to purchase or upgrade to JAWS 8.0, during December 2006, a free USB Memory Stick.

To take advantage of our special offer contact your local Quantum Technology office:

Head Office (02) 8844 9888

info@quantumtechnology.com.au

Southern Office (03) 9545 4100

Vic.admin@quantumtechnology.com.au

Queensland Office (07) 3393 5776

qld@quantumtechnology.com.au

Quantum’s user Tip

JAWS FS Clipboard

Did you know that you can copy multiple entries into your clipboard and have them all available to paste together?

FS Clipboard extends the functionality of the Windows Clipboard. When you use the Windows Copy (CTRL+C) or Cut (CTRL+X) commands to place text on the Clipboard, it replaces any text already there. When using the FS Clipboard feature, text that you copy is added to any text that you have previously copied to the Clipboard. This allows you to continue adding text to the Clipboard until you are ready to paste it into a document.

To add text to the Clipboard, select it using the text selection commands, and then press WINDOWS Key +C. The text is appended to the end of any text already on the Clipboard. To paste all the text that you have placed on the Clipboard so far, use the Windows Paste command (CTRL+V). The text is inserted into your document at the current location of the cursor. Each block of text that you copied is separated by a blank line.

User’s Tip

Irene Sumbera from Victoria is the author of our favourite tip for this edition, she wins a 128MB USB memory stick.

Insert 4 gives you a list of symbols. Cool.

Press insert + 4 for a list of symbols than arrow to the symbol you want and press enter.

Send your favourite tip to share with our readers to and win a prize.

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