November 21, 2006

JAWS 8 Released!

Posted in Blindness, Low Vision at 1:17 pm by Caroline

On Friday, November 17, 2006, version 8 of JAWS for Windows was released. New features and enhancements include:

• Say All Command and SAPI 5 Voices
• Alternate Say All Command
• RealSpeak Solo Speech Synthesizers
• Virtualize Window and Virtualize Current Control
• Support for Internet Explorer 7 and Tabbed Navigation
• New Keyboard Functions in Internet Explorer
• New and Modified Keystroke Commands for certain applications
• New global FSReader Demo Commands
• Startup Wizard that will expand over time
• Updated Getting Started Cassette Tape
• New and Updated DAISY Training Books
• Web Resources option added to the Help Menu
• Expanded JAWS Find Dialog
• Skim Reading by Text Color or Text Attribute
• Creating a Skim Reading Rule Using Color and Attribute Rules
• Manage Application Settings
• SAPI 5 Synthesizer Voice Aliases
• Synthesizer Dialect Switching
• Spell Alphanumeric Data
• Smart Word Reading
• Turning Off Custom Labels
• Version Specific Configuration Script Set Loading
• Enhanced Reading of Web Pages with Dynamic Content
• AOL Instant Messenger 6.0 Support
• Updated Instant Messenger Commands
• Special Characters in Microsoft Word
• Table Description in Microsoft Word
• Reading Tables in Microsoft Word
• Bullet Type Indication in Microsoft Word
• Reading Footnotes, Endnotes, and Comments in Microsoft Word
• Improved Display of Hyperlinks in Microsoft Excel
• Viewing Cell Comments in a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet
• Font Color and Attribute Detection in Microsoft Excel
• JAWS Memory Dump Command

To find out more information on any of these features, or to place an order, please call us at (262) 375-2020.

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