To use Digit-Eyes to scan barcodes do the following.
1. On your IPhone, start Digit-Eyes.
2. Activate the scan button.
3. Every second, you will hear a click sound. When you hear this, it means that the iPhone has taken a picture.
4. Move the iPhone around the package and wait until a picture is taken.
5. Make sure you hold the iPhone about 4 to 8 inches above the package.
6. When a barcode is found you will hear a beep, and the information will be spoken automatically by Voiceover.
7. Buttons will appear that allow you to Google for more info, and to record a text/audio label.
Happy identifying everyone! ?

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This update contains over 100 new features, including the following:

• Multitasking support for third-party apps*
– Multitasking user interface to quickly move between
apps
– Support for audio apps to play in the background
– VoIP apps can receive and maintain calls in the
background or when device is asleep
– Apps can monitor location and take action while
running in the background
– Alerts and messages can be pushed to apps using
push and local notifications
– Apps can complete tasks in the background
• Folders to better organize and access apps
• Home screen Wallpaper*
• Mail improvements
– Unified inbox to view emails from all accounts in one
place
– Fast inbox switching to quickly switch between
different email accounts
– Threaded messages to view multiple emails from the
same conversation
– Attachments can be opened with compatible third-
party apps
– Search results can now be filed or deleted
– Option to select size of photo attachments
– Messages in the Outbox can be edited or deleted
• Support for iBooks and iBookstore (available from the
App Store)
• Photo and Camera improvements
– 5x digital zoom when taking a photo**
– Tap to focus during video recording**
– Ability to sync Faces from iPhoto
– Geo-tagged photos appear on a map in Photos
• Ability to create and edit playlists on device
• Calendar invitations can be sent and accepted wirelessly
with supported CalDAV servers
• Support for MobileMe calendar sharing
• Suggestions and recent searches appear during a web
search
• Searchable SMS/MMS messages**
• Spotlight search can be continued on web and Wikipedia
• Enhanced location privacy
– New Location Services icon in the status bar
– Indication of which apps have requested your location
in the last 24 hours
– Location Services can be toggled on or off for
individual apps
• Automatic spellcheck
• Support for Bluetooth keyboards*
• iPod out to navigate music, podcasts and audiobooks
through an iPod interface with compatible cars
• Support for iTunes gifting of apps
• Wireless notes syncing with IMAP-based mail accounts
• Persistent WiFi connection to receive push notifications*
• New setting for turning on/off cellular data only**
• Option to display the character count while composing
new SMS/MMS**
• Visual Voicemail messages can be kept locally even if
they have been deleted from the server**
• Control to lock portrait orientation*
• Audio playback controls for iPod and third-party audio
apps*
• New languages, dictionaries and keyboards
• Accessibility enhancements*
• Bluetooth improvements
• Better data protection using the device passcode as an
encryption key* (Requires full restore.)
• Support for third-party Mobile Device Management
solutions
• Enables wireless distribution of enterprise applications
• Exchange Server 2010 compatibility
• Support for multiple Exchange ActiveSync accounts
• Support for Juniper Junos Pulse and Cisco AnyConnect
SSL VPN apps (available from the App Store)
• More than 1,500 new developer APIs
• Bug fixes

Products compatible with this software update:
• iPhone 3G
• iPhone 3GS
• iPhone 4
• iPod touch 2nd generation
• iPod touch 3rd generation (late 2009 models with 32GB
or 64GB)

* Requires iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and iPod touch 3rd generation.
** Requires iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 4. SMS/MMS messaging and Visual Voicemail require support from your wireless carrier.

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This was taken from the Microsoft Accessibility Blog.

Hi. I am working on a research project to understand how people optimize their computer to make it easier to see. We just kicked off an online survey and are recruiting people who have vision impairments. So, if you have low vision or color blindness, we’d really appreciate your feedback. And if there’s someone you know who does, please pass this information to them.

Microsoft product teams will use the survey findings to guide them as they strive to improve our display features. Your responses are completely anonymous. The survey will take approximately 30 minutes to complete. To participate, please fill out our Microsoft survey for making the computer easier to see.

Thanks!

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I’ve just posted a page that I hope will help you find the resources that you need to make the most out of the iPhone and Voiceover! I hope to update the page often, so please let me know of more sites as you find them. Check out the iPhone Hub.

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Information about this voiceNote QT:

• There are one or two scratches on the bottom right side of the keyboard. These scratches do not hinder keyboard input.
• The unit may require a new battery soon.
• The SMA, (software Maintenance Agreement) is updated, and will allow for Keysoft 8.0!
• The unit will ship with a power adapter, carrying case with shoulder strap, and of course the voice Note itself.
• The voice note will not ship with the Sendero GPS solution, but you can add it for $600. Details will be provided upon payment.
• Keysoft is running with version 7.5.

Please contact us if you have any questions regarding this offer!

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By opening the troubleshooting section, and hitting the link that says, “All”, you get the following choices.

• Arrow display: This option helps you troubleshoot problems with the very beautiful graphics that people love so much. This one won’t help much for those of you using Access technology that uses the mirror display drivers. In fact when I ran it, that’s pretty much what it told me. You need to turn off any technology that uses mirror drivers. OK. Moving on.
• Connection to a workplace using direct access: This allows you to connect to your workplace via VPN technology. Direct Access is new technology built-in to Windows 7 that helps end users connect to VPN’s it sets up a persistent always on connection. The troubleshooter will check to see if you’re connected to a domain, and troubleshoot accordingly. Great stuff!
• Hardware and Devices: This will scan your system for hardware changes, and troubleshoot any hardware that it finds not to be working correctly.
• HomeGroup: HomeGroups are groups of computers that trust each other for the purpose of sharing data. They are meant for home use. For example, data among family members will be shared automatically, but if a friend visits, they can still get onto a wireless connection, without being able to get to the data within the HomeGroup. This troubleshooter will help configure this and check for problems.
• Incoming Connections: This troubleshooter will try to help configure your firewall. As the name implies, it helps troubleshoot incoming connections from other computers.
• Internet Connections: This will help you repair/reset your internet connection. This seems to be the same thing that you get with IE when you hit the diagnose connection link. This works great, and I actually disabled my network adapter, and windows fixed the problem automatically!
• Internet Explorer Performance: This helps resolve performance specific to add ons. What this seems to do is examine your add ons. To see which ones are causing problems, then disables problematic add ons.
• Internet Explorer Safety: This examines the security settings of IE. This looks at internet zones, pop ups etc to find out if security needs to be changed.
• Network Adapter: This is a bit like the internet connections troubleshooter, but this will specifically look at network adapters. This not only works with Ethernet, but wireless adapters as well.
• Performance: As its name implies, this tool examines any settings that pertain to system performance. This troubleshooter does seem to have a tendency to look at the visual settings, but if you’re experiencing performance issues of your own, give this troubleshooter a try before calling the tech.
• Playing Audio: This is a very good troubleshooter that examines all audio devices on the system. It tells you if a jack is unplugged, and examines each audio system, analog, SPDIF etc, to try to get audio running again. This one is very nicely done!
• Power: This is a great feature for laptop/netbook users. It examines the power settings, and suggests settings for improved battery life.
• Printer: This helps get a printer running. Running this troubleshooter told me that the printer service wasn’t started. Then it started the appropriate service. Next, it asked me if the printer was a local printer attached to my computer, or a printer on the network. I chose network, and just like that, it found the printer. When I hit next, the drivers were installed, and I was printing!
• Program compatibility: This checks programs and makes changes to allow them to run on Windows 7. Generally, this happens automatically when the program is run, but this can come in handy if you have a lot of older software.
• Recording Audio: Just like the audio playback troubleshooter, this is another very nice tool for fixing recording problems. This looks through all recording inputs, tells you were the jack is, and then begins troubleshooting. Very handy troubleshooter!
• Search and indexing: This asks you a series of questions as shown here. What problems do you notice? Select all that apply. Files don’t appear in search results. E-mail doesn’t appear in search results. Search or indexing is slowing down the computer. My problem isn’t listed above. (Please provide a description on the next page.)
• Shared Folders: This helps you troubleshoot problems accessing shared resources on other networked computers. This should make home networking quite a bit easier for many.
• System Maintenance: This helps clean up unused files and other temporary files that aren’t needed. It even checks system time, to make sure that’s not the cause of older files cluttering up the system.
• Windows Media Player DVD: This troubleshoots DVD playback in Windows Media Player. It searches to make sure that you have a DVD playback device installed, and goes on from there.
• Windows Media Library: If you are having trouble getting the library of songs to show up in Windows Media Player, this could help troubleshoot this. It can help rebuild the library if needed. Not a bad troubleshooter if you are a fan of Media Player.
• Windows Media Player Settings: This isn’t much of a troubleshooter, but if problems are found with your settings here, you can use this troubleshooter to automatically revert your Media Player settings to the defaults.
• Windows Update: Just as it sounds, this helps resolve problems getting Windows Updates. Usually this works well, but windows update can sometimes have problems, so I’m glad they included this diagnostic tool.

Windows troubleshooters are a wonderful edition to Windows 7! Remember that currently there are only 22 troubleshooters, and this is pre-release software. So by the time Windows 7 ships to consumers and pc manufactures there could be a lot more. Also, keep in mind that computer vendors can add their own troubleshooters in this section as well. This should make things much easier for folks. I’d be curious to hear your experiences with Windows 7 troubleshooters.

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Windows Vista’s mute buttons had a graphical component that made it difficult to check to see if something was muted. It was more by trial and error because the button simple said mute. There was no check box. Furthermore, you could mute applications as well. So you could mute Jaws if you wanted to, or you could turn down the volume within Jaws, while keeping Media Player’s volume high.

Windows 7 has mute buttons as well. However now the button caption reflects the state. So you will hear either “mute button”, or “unmute button”. This reduces the trial and error needed in Windows Vista to determine if something was muted or not. This is an improvement over vista, and I have missed the ability to so easily check to see if something was muted.

On a slight detour, I’ve noticed that digital audio via the SPDIF connections works much better in Windows 7. The audio is cleaner, and I can do neat effects like volume leveling from within the Windows interface itself. This was also not possible in Windows vista.

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Whatever you want to know about Windows 7, write a comment, contact me directly, or even shoot me an email: help@webfriendlyhelp.com.
I look forward to your questions and comments.

Thanks

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System Access 3.0 Feature List
I. Support For 64 Bit versions of Windows! Serotek is proud to announce the first release of a full-featured screen access product with support for Windows
XP and Vista that includes 64 Bit versions. What does this mean to the user? Beginning as early as June 2008, many of the computer stores and office supply
vendors have begun to stock their shelves with only computers running OEM versions of 64 Bit Windows. Many an unsuspecting customer has gotten home with
a brand new computer only to discover that they cannot install and use their access technology on it. With the release of System Access 3.0, this is no
longer an issue. Go out and buy a new computer, bring it home, install System Access 3.0 and you will be ready to go with your talking computer.

II. Support for refreshable Braille! With the release of System Access 3.0, you can now have speech and refreshable Braille output. With the use of the
Alva BC-640 Braille device, Serotek continues in its commitment to plug and play accessibility anywhere. Take your System Access and your Braille device
with you to any computer and have speech and Braille output with no installation needed. This also means that nothing is left behind, not even Braille
drivers when you are done working or playing at that computer.

III. Support for new simplified menus. Our users have become use to quick access to E-mail, community forums, diverse entertainment options and so much
more with very few key strokes within the System Access Mobile Network. Just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, it did. The new simplified menu
structure puts all of your favorite choices into lists where first-letter navigation is now possible. While we call it the “simplified menu interface,”
many of our advanced users have told us that navigation is much quicker now. For those who want the classic numbered menu option, it is also still available.

IV. Support for more responsive Neospeech! Kate and Paul, our internally supported human sounding voices just got faster. Whether moving through menus
or typing quickly, users will notice more immediate reaction as the high-quality voices provide speech feedback to any computer task whether at work or
play.

V. Support for iTunes 8 and later! With the advent of iTunes 8, Apple has made it possible for adaptive technology organizations to support this application.
Serotek again raises the bar by not only supporting the application interface, but also the iTunes store with quick and easy navigation for account setup
and browsing the store itself. Whether you are looking for really cool podcasting, or getting serious about increasing and cataloging your music library,
System Access 3.0 will make it easy for you to find your way around.

VI. Support for System Access To Go loading at lightning speed! Due to its 75% smaller footprint, SATOGO (System Access To Go) becomes virtually instant
access to go whenever and wherever you need it even with a slow Internet Connection. Did you leave home without your U3 Key or Passkey CD? Don’t worry,
SATOGO has you covered on any computer with an Internet connection!

VII. Support for easier install and repair! Whether you are a brand new user or a Seasoned Serotek Subscriber, you won’t be hunting for that elusive install
file somewhere on the web site to set up or repair your software. If for any reason your System Access or Mobile Network won’t start for you, simply run

, log in with your credentials, go to the my account link and either repair your installation or download and set up a brand new copy of the System Access
software. System Access is even smart enough to know if you have an installation or not. If it sees the software on your computer, you will hear the repair
option. If it does not see an installation, it will show you an install link instead.

VIII. Support for a new higher quality voice chat client! With the System Access Mobile Network 3.0 release, users will notice a much improved experience
in the voice chat rooms. With its band-width conserving, yet crisp audio, full-duplex operation in specific rooms, the user can really enjoy the sounds
of their growing community.

IX. Support For Voice Communication Over A Remote Session! Whether you are fixing someone’s computer, showing someone a cool application you just installed
or providing instruction and training, the advent of full-duplex voice communication is just the thing to use instead of a telephone or even Skype. You
can now have your communication all in one place.

X. Support for All-In-Play Games! Screen Access on computers isn’t just for work anymore. It is also for fun. Serotek continues its spirit of cooperation
with other companies by collaborating with All In Play, an interactive gaming community to make it possible for System Access 3.0 users to play their games:
Tag, Crazy Eights, Draw Poker an Texas Hold’em. To check it out, browse on over to:

XI. Support for offline document scanning! With the System Access 3.0, it is now possible to scan and read documents using our optional “Document Scan”
application. The implementation of this feature is just another in a long line of user requests that Serotek has quickly responded to, in order to make
our products what you, the user wants in your Access software.

Oh an by the way, Firefox support will be coming just as soon as Mozilla releases an update that fixes accessibility issues introduced in 3.02. We are
told that 3.04 will be released on November 12.

So how much extra will Serotek customers pay for this upgrade? As always, all Serotek subscribers receive this and all other maintenance updates for the
cost of their yearly or monthly subscriptions. Remember, with Serotek, there are no costly software maintenance agreements to buy. We continue in our commitment
to making the most stable and reliable products affordable to those even on the tightest of budgets.

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Imagine the possibilities

Imagine all your devices—PCs, and soon Macs and mobile phones—working together to give you anywhere access to the information you care about.

With Live Mesh, you can spend less time managing devices and data and more time connecting with family and friends or collaborating with colleagues.

All your devices working together

No more e-mailing attachments to yourself. Instead, synchronize the information you need across all your devices. The most up-to-date versions will be at hand when you need them—at home, at the office, and on the go.

Just install the Live Mesh software on each device. Then add folders to your mesh. Folders are automatically synchronized, always available.

Access from anywhere

Anything you add to Live Mesh is available from anywhere, including the web from your Live Desktop. Your Live Desktop comes with 5 GB of free storage, and can be used from most web browsers.

Need a program that’s only on your home PC? With Live Mesh, access to all your devices—and any programs on those devices—is at your fingertips, no matter where you are.

Note that the above feature doesn’t work with Access Technology currently. When/If this changes please let me know if you find out about it before I do.

Simple to share

Easily share files and photos with friends, family, and colleagues—invite them to a folder. Everyone is kept up to date because files can be synchronized automatically with all your devices and all their devices.

Update documents, post comments, or send instant messages, all right from the folder. The Live Mesh bar helps you connect instantly with other folder members.

Stay informed

Keep track of all the activities in your mesh. See the online status of friends and colleagues, find out who has updated which files or folders, post and read comments, and check the status of your devices.

News about your mesh is easy to access. You can view news items in the notifier, from the mesh bar, and on the Live Mesh website—available whenever, wherever you are.

Protection you know

Your mesh is password-protected with your Windows Live ID, so only you have access to it. When you share a folder with family and friends, they sign in with their own Windows Live ID to access it.

All file transfers are protected using Secure Socket Layers (SSL), the same technology your online bank uses.

And there you have it! I believe it’s pretty impressive, though I’ve been told that I’m a geek, so who knows! Drop me a note if you try this and let me know what you think of it.

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In order to give someone control of your pc, press JawsKey+Alt+T. You then have to type a unique password that is generated by the Tandem service. The controller will give you the password. Then the controller can fix problems; conduct a quick training session, etc. You can quit the connection at any time by pressing JawsKey+Alt+T again. Both parties will be notified that the Tandem session has ended.

Conclusion

I believe that this is a revolutionary release and update to the Jaws product. And before anyone wonders, I am not paid by FS. I think that this technology will go quite a long way for Jaws customers in terms of helping them get support from knowledgeable people. Price is reasonable at $39 per quarter, or $139 annually. Organizations are not left out either. A one-time charge of $495 will get you Jaws Tandem, and remote desktop as well as Citrix support if it doesn’t exist.

Jaws beta 2 will introduce the Tandem service, which should be out any day now! While it is in beta, anyone can try it free of charge!

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I wanted to provide a discussion of what I thought of the new features introduced into Jaws 10.0. If you want to get this all right from the horse’s mouth, just go to the beta page for Jaws 10.0! Just remember that Jaws 10 will not be released for download until next week sometime. I have to say that over-all; I would sum up the improvements in Jaws 10 as evolutionary, rather than revolutionary. However, the modifications will catch some by surprise if not taken note of first. Now on to the new features!

Surf’s up page updated

“Surf’s Up!, the Freedom Scientific Web page that explains how to surf the Web with JAWS, has been updated to help instructors and students take advantage of the new JAWS 10 features that are mentioned on this page. Pay particular attention to the Forms page. It gives great details for using the new Auto Forms Mode function.”

You certainly may want to spend some time playing with auto-forms mode, as it is quite different from the manual way of activating forms mode. It will take a bit of time to get used to getting into forms mode without pressing a key first. Obviously quick navigation keys such as B, for button, H for heading etc will not work once in forms mode. Since this will be occurring automatically, you will need to get used to it. Fortunately, for those who like to stick with the old familiar way of doing things, you can turn auto-forms mode off.

Auto Forms Mode

“Auto Forms Mode will automatically turn on Forms Mode when you move into combo box controls using TAB, or edit fields using either TAB or ARROW Keys. This makes if far more intuitive and easy to interact with form fields found on web pages without having to do these extra key strokes. When you press ARROW Keys or TAB to move to an edit field, you will hear a sound indicating you can type at that moment without having to first press ENTER. When you exit the control using an ARROW Key, Forms Mode turns off and will let you easily continue to navigate in virtual mode again. This functionality can be very useful for new and sighted JAWS users in training environments but even long time JAWS users will quickly adapt to this new method with a little practice. By default, Auto Forms Mode is on. There are two ways to turn it off. First, you can press INSERT+V and then change the Auto Forms Mode option to off. Second, you can use the new Forms Mode Options dialog located in Configuration Manager.”

As I mentioned above, the person who has been using Jaws for years will take a little getting used to this new option, but new Jaws users should have a fairly easy time of things, as forms mode is handled automatically for you. Hey, one less key to remember!

RealSpeak Solo Direct Synthesizers

Here’s where things get a bit more responsive for those of you that like to use the SAPI five synthesizers. Again taken directly from FS!

“JAWS 10 supports RealSpeak™ Solo Direct synthesizers from Nuance® Communications. These new synthesizers work exclusively with Freedom Scientific products, provide better speed and performance over the Nuance synthesizers supplied with earlier JAWS versions, and will not interfere with any synthesizers currently installed on your system. To listen to samples or download these synthesizers, go to the RealSpeak Solo Direct Voices for Freedom Scientific Products Web page.

Another way to open this page is to use the new RealSpeak Solo Direct link available in the JAWS application window. The link is in Web Resources under the Help menu. “

Dictionary Manager Tree View

This next feature may appeal to those studying languages, or anyone wanting to hear words spoken correctly, in the correct pronunciation.

“The Dictionary Manager lets you change the way JAWS speaks words, phrases, abbreviations, or symbols to avoid any mispronunciation. In JAWS 10, the Dictionary manager has been expanded so that you can create rules applying to specific languages, synthesizers, or voices. Once the rule is created, it is added to the top of the Dictionary Entries list. It is identified by language, for example, English, and can be expanded into a tree view to show other restrictions that apply to the rule. To open the Dictionary Manager in any application, press INSERT+D. “

Navigation Quick Key Manager

This new option allows you to switch the quick navigation quick keys to something of your choosing. So for example, if you wanted to switch the quick navigation key of P to move to the next paragraph, to say the letter Y, then you could do that with this new option. So if one letter makes more sense than another go ahead and make the switch. The changes are instantly active.

Voice Profiles

This new option allows you to set a kind of preset for your voice settings. One area where this could have some use is in other languages, particularly Spanish. When you switch Jaws to speak in Spanish, Jaws speaks quite a bit faster than it should. Apparently, it makes Spanish people pause because I’ve heard this from more than one person. At any rate, you could now make a Spanish voice profile, or preset so that when the Spanish language is active the rate of Jaws speech is slowed somewhat. This feature has been available in Magic for a while, so now Jaws 10 has it to.

Language Menu Changes

I don’t really have any comments to the next two new features, so I’ll quote FS directly.

“The Synthesizer Language and Change Synthesizer commands have been removed from the Language menu in the JAWS application window and been replaced by the Voice Profiles command. This new command lets you select and instantly switch to another synthesizer and voice combination that you set up as a voice profile. For more about voice profiles, open the JAWS Help file, and refer to the Global Voices or Individual Voices topics. These topics are found in Voice Settings in the Using JAWS book.”

Unified English Braille or Contracted English Braille Setup

“JAWS can now provide contracted braille using either Contracted English Braille, formerly known as grade 2 braille, as defined in translation rules from the Braille Authority of North America (BANA), or Unified English Braille (UEB) as provided by the International Council on English Braille (IECB). Using Braille Options in the Configuration Manager, you can configure JAWS for either method using two new radio buttons: Contracted English Braille (default) and Unified English Braille. The braille translation method can be set up with or without a braille display attached to your system so that it is ready for use when you select the Enable Translator check box.“

Reply Directly to Sender

This feature has been available for quite some time in Jaws. I guess that it just works better now. This feature is nice because if you are on an email list, you can reply privately to the sender of a particular email. This is done with Insert+Shift+R. Try it, it works better now! But you may not notice anything new here.

No comments

The next few features I’ll just let FS say it, as I have no real comments here.

“Downloading Freedom Scientific DAISY Books with FSReader Demo

Starting with JAWS 10, you can use FSReader Demo to download DAISY books directly from the Freedom Scientific Web site. The advantage of this feature over earlier JAWS releases is that you no longer need the product CD to install any of the DAISY books.

You can also use the Check for Updates command to quickly select and download DAISY books. From the Help menu in the JAWS application window, choose Check for Updates, select any DAISY book from the list, and then choose the Install button.

Startup Wizard Change for Say All

The Use SAPI 5 During Say All check box has been removed from the JAWS Startup Wizard. The wizard opens at the end of the installation process, or can be opened from the Help menu of the JAWS application window.

To select a SAPI 5 or RealSpeak Direct Solo synthesizer and voice for Say All, use the Say All controls in the Global Voices or Individual Voices dialog box.“

Aria Live Region Support

Here’s where things get a bit interesting. Aria is another technology that pushes content to browsers. Jaws 10 will now work with this technology to provide updated sport scores, or weather stats etc. Unless you have Fire Fox 3, or Internet Explorer 8.0, you will not be able to take advantage of such technologies. IE8 should be out any day now, so I’ll be waiting to see what this does for me personally. It is for me one of the most exciting new features of Jaws 10. Hey, I never said I was normal, OK.

Windows Media Player 11!

Well it’s a bout time! We finally have better support for WMP 11! Let’s tick off the improvements:

• Hear the name of the track by pressing Insert+Control+T.
• When you are moving through a play list, Jaws will announce the track currently playing.
• The auto-playlist feature now works. This is a feature that can make playlists based on ratings of songs, recently played songs etc.
• Buttons and sliders should be more accessible and meaningful when used.

Good stuff and it’s about time!

Office

Jaws now fully supports Access 2007. I hope you that use this find it of benefit, and as useable as earlier versions of Access. The Outlook calendars in Office 2003, and 2007 has been made to run faster and more reliably in Jaws 10. This is good news for me, because I use this feature daily.

Run Jaws without Speech

No comment here, so FS takes it from this point.

“The Run JAWS Without Speech check box has been removed from the Advanced Options command located under the Set Options menu in Configuration Manager. This check box is now available in the Advanced Options dialog box by choosing Options (ALT+O) from the JAWS application window, selecting Basic (B), and then selecting the Advanced button (D) in the Basic Settings dialog box.

Script Manager Changes

The Selecta Synthesizer script (INSERT+CTRL+S) has been changed to the SelectAVoiceProfile script. Its purpose is to allow you to switch from one voice profile to another. Previously, the keystroke would let you dynamically change the speech synthesizer. It now allows you to dynamically change voice profiles.

The Selecta Language script (WINDOWS Key+CTRL+L) has been removed.

New Keystroke for Reading Clipboard Contents

You can now read the contents of the clipboard at anytime by pressing WINDOWS Key+INSERT+X. This feature was adopted from Magic where it was first introduced.

New HTML Table Keystrokes

When in a table on a Web page, you can move between and read columns by pressing WINDOWS Key+LEFT ARROW, which reads the previous column, and by pressing WINDOWS Key+RIGHT ARROW, which reads the contents of the next column. Select JAWS Commands for HTML for additional table keystrokes.”

That is it for now. I do hope that more features are listed soon on the FS web site. Let me know how your Jaws 10 experience is going for you when it comes out.

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I am referring to Freedom Scientific! FS is suing GwMicro! First, many of you will remember that Freedom Scientific sued Serotek because of the name FreedomBox. Now Freedom Scientific is Suing GWMicro because of the new Window-Eyes 7.0 scripting, and place marker capabilities. These features are superior to Jaws’ scripting, and place marker offerings. See the GwMicro Blog Blog to read it yourself. So why can’t Freedom Scientific make a better place marker? Why can’t Freedom Scientific make a better venue for creation of scripts? Obviously, that last would be a serious undertaking, but few would argue the fact that Freedom Scientific is one of the largest Access Technology companies out there. We can probably safely say that lack of funds is not one of Freedom Scientifics’ largest problems.

So what exactly is Freedom Scientifics’ problem these days? More importantly, why try to crush the competition? I’d love to hear your comments on this one!

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