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Re: when hopefully JAWS2021 official release will be available
If you have the subscription you are entitled to whatever is the latest version of Jaws as long as you pay your subscription.
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of
Marty Hutchings
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 4:24 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: when hopefully JAWS2021 official release will be available
Would I be able to get JAWS 21? I have the subscription version of JAWS 20 that is good for another 10 months.
Love in Christ
From: Larry Gassman Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 2:13 PM Subject: Re: when hopefully JAWS2021 official release will be available
That is what I am hearing as well. I would guess in very early November. Beta three is in private beta now and will be released publicly very soon. Find out more on Wednesday evening on Main Menu Live as we have Eric Damery with us in hour 1 to talk about JAWS and its release. Brian Hartgen will be with us in Hour 2 to talk about the many things available to us from Leasey. Larry Gassman
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Hank William Merchant
Hello,
I gave them at Fredom Scientific a call yesterday to see if maybe I could find out and a sales person said that sometime in the 1st or 2nd week of next month November, we will be able to download the oficial release copy of Jaws2021. Hopefully this is when we will be able to at the latest!
Kindest regards,
jaws18 user Hank
From: Richard Turner
Yes, the exact minute FS announces it. Sadly, these kinds of questions cannot be answered until the mother company says something.
Richard "He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself,” and we forget that only grace can break the cycle of ancient hatreds among peoples. (It is notable that while I have regretted not granting grace to others, I’ve never once regretted extending it.)" - Edward Herbert
Live long and prosper 🖖
Check out my web site at: www.turner42.com
From:
main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Andrew Summers via groups.io
Hi All, Does anyone know when JAWS2021 is going to be released?
Andrew
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Re: when hopefully JAWS2021 official release will be available
In my opinion it's always sworthwhile to keep up-to-date with Jaws unless of course you are using NVDA. The fact is that eventually you have to get caught up because Windows 10 changes so quickly and even with Office features change and are added all the time especially if you use Office 365 and there is simply no good reason to not always run the latest version. Jaws is not quite as it used to be where a new version meant possibly major new features, nowadays sometimes these features are added half way through the year and in any case, if you don't upgrade on a regular bases or, if you live in the US, use Jaws via the subscription based model, you eventually have to pay hundreds of Dollars to get caught up, you might as well pay the $7 or $8 a month or whatever the subscription costs or if you use th eolder 2-year license model by the new SMA right after you use your last one. For the Home version I believe it's $120 every 2 years which is $5 a months, quite a few people spend this on coffee every day, if you divide it by the number of days it's like 16.66 Cents a day and having the use of Jaws is certainly worth a couple of quarters every 3 days to me. .
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 3:59 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: when hopefully JAWS2021 official release will be available
Here is the link to the page that explains the changes/improvements in Jaws 2021 beta: http://support.freedomscientific.com/Downloads/JAWS/JAWSPublicBeta
Richard "He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself,” and we forget that only grace can break the cycle of ancient hatreds among peoples. (It is notable that while I have regretted not granting grace to others, I’ve never once regretted extending it.)" - Edward Herbert
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Re: Accessible fax services with JAWS and Windows10
I have been using Myfax.com for many years, but this is not a free service. I just switched to an internet based phone system at my retail store and it includes fax service through SRFax.com, not sure about their pricing, but most of these fax services work in a way where you simply send your fax by email to the PhoneNumber@FaxService.com where Faxservice.com refers to whichever service you use. For example, with Myfax I send to 12021234567@myfax.com, I can just write something in the email body or I can attach a PDF, Word, Excel or other document to the email and it will be sent. Within a few minutes after you send the email you get a return email which tells you if your fax was successfully sent or not.
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For incoming faxes these services give you your own fax number, with Myfax I used to have a toll free number and if somebody sends you a fax to that number you get an email with the fax attached as a PDF file. Of course it's image based like any fax so you would have to run this through an OcR application or, if you use Jaws, you can use Convenient Ocr to recognize it.
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of HH. Smith Jr. Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 7:38 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Accessible fax services with JAWS and Windows10 Hi Shai, I use Metrofax and it works fine for me. Its accessible and does everything you listed as your wants. HTH -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Shai Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 12:27 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Accessible fax services with JAWS and Windows10 Hello, What are some accessible fax services for sending and receiving faxes with Windows10 and JAWS2020? I am looking to send a fax by email to the number and receive it back by email as pdf. Thank you in advance for any responses. -- Shai Wolman Wolman technologies (619)894-6587 Providing training to children and adults that empowers them to be productive and successful with their assistive technology/computing tasks. atvistech@gmail.com
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Re: JAWS2021
And anybody can currently download the Jaws 2021 public beta which I assume is pretty close to the final release going by how things were in years past. The nice thing with Jaws is that you don't have to remove or upgrade your existing version, Jaws 2021 Public Beta can run and live on your system happily alongside Jaws 2020 or whatever you have and if something is not as you expect you can always unload Jaws 2021 and reload Jaws 2020.
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of
Andrew Summers via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 10:24 AM To: JAWS <main@jfw.groups.io> Subject: JAWS2021
Hi All, Does anyone know when JAWS2021 is going to be released?
Andrew
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Re: Ex: Amazon Kindle books and best way to read
Hi Jim
I like reading Amazon Kendall books on my iPhone using Voice Over. When purchasing, I select the Kendall for iPhone option on Amazon web site.
I have not tried to read a Kendall book using JAWS.
Happy reading.
Cathy
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of
Jim Portillo via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 12:15 PM To: Jim Portillo <portillo.jim@...> Subject: Ex: Amazon Kindle books and best way to read
Greetings,
I was gifted an eBook that someone really wants me to read. It’s an Amazon Kindle book. I seem to remember JAWS not doing well with such books a while back, but I don’t know if it has improved. What about on the iPhone? Is that any better? If anyone has any advice on how to best read this eBook, please share your ideas. Thanks much. Jim
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Re: Can the read Aloud voice be used in JAWS?
Richard Turner
I did a lot of trial and error with the Read Aloud settings and found the Voice Options. There are a lot of voices. The ones that start with Microsoft, then a name, then Online Natural are the better sounding voices, which unless someone can say how to get them installed for Jaws, probably are not going to be available since they are Microsoft’s “Online” voices.
Richard "He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself,” and we forget that only grace can break the cycle of ancient hatreds among peoples. (It is notable that while I have regretted not granting grace to others, I’ve never once regretted extending it.)" - Edward Herbert
Live long and prosper 🖖
Check out my web site at: www.turner42.com
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of
Randy Barnett
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 7:50 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Can the read Aloud voice be used in JAWS?
I’m sure you can that would just Google it. Find out which voice edges using and then select it. Randy Barnett
I like the read aloud voice that MS Edge uses in read aloud, can this voice be used in JAWS?
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Re: Amazon Kindle books and best way to read
Adrian Spratt
Sharon, I have a note that since JAWS 2018, there is no longer any need to install the plug-in.
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of
Sharon
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 6:28 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Amazon Kindle books and best way to read
Where do you get the plug in? Is there a way to search a 1500 page book reliably? Using Jaws? Sharon
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Richard B. McDonald
The Windows Kindle app together with its accessibility plug-in works great for me. I use it regularly to read Kindle books on my laptop.
From:
main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Jim Portillo
Greetings,
I was gifted an eBook that someone really wants me to read. It’s an Amazon Kindle book. I seem to remember JAWS not doing well with such books a while back, but I don’t know if it has improved. What about on the iPhone? Is that any better? If anyone has any advice on how to best read this eBook, please share your ideas. Thanks much. Jim
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Russell Solowoniuk
Hi Jim, The Kindle app on the iPhone works great with voiceover. I’ve never tried to read kindle books with jaws. Hope this helps, Russell
On Oct 28, 2020, at 1:15 PM, Jim Portillo <portillo.jim@...> wrote:
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Re: Amazon Kindle books and best way to read
Sharon
Where do you get the plug in? Is there a way to search a 1500 page book reliably? Using Jaws? Sharon
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Richard B. McDonald
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 4:20 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Amazon Kindle books and best way to read
The Windows Kindle app together with its accessibility plug-in works great for me. I use it regularly to read Kindle books on my laptop.
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Jim Portillo
Greetings,
I was gifted an eBook that someone really wants me to read. It’s an Amazon Kindle book. I seem to remember JAWS not doing well with such books a while back, but I don’t know if it has improved. What about on the iPhone? Is that any better? If anyone has any advice on how to best read this eBook, please share your ideas. Thanks much. Jim
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Re: Amazon Kindle books and best way to read
Richard B. McDonald
The Windows Kindle app together with its accessibility plug-in works great for me. I use it regularly to read Kindle books on my laptop.
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Jim Portillo
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 12:15 PM To: Jim Portillo <portillo.jim@...> Subject: Amazon Kindle books and best way to read
Greetings,
I was gifted an eBook that someone really wants me to read. It’s an Amazon Kindle book. I seem to remember JAWS not doing well with such books a while back, but I don’t know if it has improved. What about on the iPhone? Is that any better? If anyone has any advice on how to best read this eBook, please share your ideas. Thanks much. Jim
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Soronel Haetir
I still use calibre to convert kindle books to plain text (note this
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requires that you keep kindle stunted at a fairly old version as recent ones have DRM that calibre can't deal with).
On 10/28/20, Pat Byrne <k9jau@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Jim, --
Soronel Haetir soronel.haetir@gmail.com
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Pat Byrne
Jim,
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I have the Kindle app. on my iPhone and it does a good job of reading. You have the SIRI voice, it ain't NLS, but it is a decent way to go. I can read brand new books in series and by authors that I like and, later if and when they make NLS, I can re-read if I wish. Hope that helps. Pat ByrneAt 02:15 PM 10/28/2020, you wrote:
Greetings,
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Re: Amazon Kindle books and best way to read
Shirley Tracy
I use the I-phone to read Kindle books with no problem. I haven’t tried using my Alexa for it.
Shirley Tracy
From: paul lemm via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 3:41 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Amazon Kindle books and best way to read
Hi,
If you have an Amazon echo (The Alexa smart speaker) it can read your Kindle book, I think the built in Alexa voice actually does a pretty good job sound wise when reading kindle books.
Paul Lemm
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Jim Portillo
Greetings,
I was gifted an eBook that someone really wants me to read. It’s an Amazon Kindle book. I seem to remember JAWS not doing well with such books a while back, but I don’t know if it has improved. What about on the iPhone? Is that any better? If anyone has any advice on how to best read this eBook, please share your ideas. Thanks much. Jim
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Re: Amazon Kindle books and best way to read
paul lemm
Hi,
If you have an Amazon echo (The Alexa smart speaker) it can read your Kindle book, I think the built in Alexa voice actually does a pretty good job sound wise when reading kindle books.
Paul Lemm
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Jim Portillo
Sent: 28 October 2020 19:15 To: Jim Portillo <portillo.jim@...> Subject: Amazon Kindle books and best way to read
Greetings,
I was gifted an eBook that someone really wants me to read. It’s an Amazon Kindle book. I seem to remember JAWS not doing well with such books a while back, but I don’t know if it has improved. What about on the iPhone? Is that any better? If anyone has any advice on how to best read this eBook, please share your ideas. Thanks much. Jim
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Amazon Kindle books and best way to read
Jim Portillo
Greetings,
I was gifted an eBook that someone really wants me to read. It’s an Amazon Kindle book. I seem to remember JAWS not doing well with such books a while back, but I don’t know if it has improved. What about on the iPhone? Is that any better? If anyone has any advice on how to best read this eBook, please share your ideas. Thanks much. Jim
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Re: Using Edge with JAWS
Adrian Spratt
Thank you, Bill. Helpful and precise, as your messages always are.
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Bill White Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 2:13 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Using Edge with JAWS Hi, Adrian. You won't get any verbalization from JAWS. What CONTROL plus SHIFT plus B does is, if you SHIFT plus TAB once, you will see that it adds a Hidden Favorites button to the tool bar. If you press CONTROL plus SHIFT plus B again, it removes this button from the tool bar. The way to get to this tool bar is: 1. Open Edge to your Start Page. 2. Go to the top of the page. 3. Press SHIFT plus TAB. 4. If the Hidden Favorites toggle is on, there will be a Hidden Favorites button just before you SHIFT plus TAB to the Settings button. 5. If the Hidden Favorites toggle is off, all you will see when you SHIFT plus TAB is the Settings button. Bill White billwhite92701@dslextreme.com -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 5:20 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Using Edge with JAWS Hi, Bill. When I press control-shift-b, nothing seems to happen. I get no verbalization from JAWS, and I can't detect any change in behavior. I'm relying on my favorites folder on the desktop to open Edge favorites, but I'd prefer to work from within Edge, if it's feasible. Would you explain what I should look for when I press the shift-control-b command? Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Bill White Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 5:46 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Using Edge with JAWS Hi, Amanda. The following two Edge shortcuts may be helpful to you, especially the latter. Ctrl + Shift + B Show or hide the favorites bar Ctrl + Shift + O Open Favorites management Bill White billwhite92701@dslextreme.com -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Amanda Berkley Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 2:40 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Using Edge with JAWS Hey ya'll, I recently gave up the IE ghost, and find Edge to be useable. I was wondering, is there a keystroke or an easy way to access your favorites? For example, in IE, it was alt+a... but I don't see anything like that in Edge. I use my favorites a lot, so was hoping someone could point me in the right direction. Thanks, Amanda
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Bill White
Hi, Adrian. You won't get any verbalization from JAWS. What CONTROL plus SHIFT plus B does is, if you SHIFT plus TAB once, you will see that it adds a Hidden Favorites button to the tool bar. If you press CONTROL plus SHIFT plus B again, it removes this button from the tool bar. The way to get to this tool bar is:
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1. Open Edge to your Start Page. 2. Go to the top of the page. 3. Press SHIFT plus TAB. 4. If the Hidden Favorites toggle is on, there will be a Hidden Favorites button just before you SHIFT plus TAB to the Settings button. 5. If the Hidden Favorites toggle is off, all you will see when you SHIFT plus TAB is the Settings button. Bill White billwhite92701@dslextreme.com
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From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 5:20 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Using Edge with JAWS Hi, Bill. When I press control-shift-b, nothing seems to happen. I get no verbalization from JAWS, and I can't detect any change in behavior. I'm relying on my favorites folder on the desktop to open Edge favorites, but I'd prefer to work from within Edge, if it's feasible. Would you explain what I should look for when I press the shift-control-b command? Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Bill White Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 5:46 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Using Edge with JAWS Hi, Amanda. The following two Edge shortcuts may be helpful to you, especially the latter. Ctrl + Shift + B Show or hide the favorites bar Ctrl + Shift + O Open Favorites management Bill White billwhite92701@dslextreme.com -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Amanda Berkley Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 2:40 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Using Edge with JAWS Hey ya'll, I recently gave up the IE ghost, and find Edge to be useable. I was wondering, is there a keystroke or an easy way to access your favorites? For example, in IE, it was alt+a... but I don't see anything like that in Edge. I use my favorites a lot, so was hoping someone could point me in the right direction. Thanks, Amanda
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Re: Using Edge with JAWS
Adrian Spratt
That's exactly what I needed to know, Marten: the alt-shift-b command. Thanks.
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Marten Post Uiterweer Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 11:42 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Using Edge with JAWS Adrian, When the favorites bar is turned on, you can go to the favorites bar and access your favorites from there. YYou can press alt-shift-b to set ffocus in the favorites bar if it is visable. If this does not work, press ctrl-shift-b again. You can also go to this bar by pressing f6, but how many times f6 can change:) Regards, marten On Wed, 28 Oct 2020 12:20:24 +0000 "Adrian Spratt" <adrian@adrianspratt.com> wrote: Hi, Bill.
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Marten Post Uiterweer
Adrian,
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When the favorites bar is turned on, you can go to the favorites bar and access your favorites from there. YYou can press alt-shift-b to set ffocus in the favorites bar if it is visable. If this does not work, press ctrl-shift-b again. You can also go to this bar by pressing f6, but how many times f6 can change:) Regards, marten
On Wed, 28 Oct 2020 12:20:24 +0000 "Adrian Spratt" <adrian@adrianspratt.com> wrote:
Hi, Bill.
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Re: when hopefully JAWS2021 official release will be available
Shan Noyes
There are 3 improvements that I remember off the top of my head that I’m excited about in Jaws 2021.
Those are my top hitters. The voice control input is kind of a cool idea, however, it seems a little slow to me in the demos I’ve heard. So the jury for me is out on that item til more power is added and the time delay is shortened.
Have a good day everyone.
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Don H via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 4:24 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: when hopefully JAWS2021 official release will be available
------------------------------------------------------------- Are there any real improvements in Jaws 2021 that will be worth the cost of updating? On 10/27/2020 5:15 PM, Dan Longmore wrote:
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