Hi All,
Below is the direct download link for today's JAWS2022
update + what's new in this release.
32 & 64 bit download link:
What's new in this release:
Enhancements in JAWS
2022.2112.24 (December 2021)
The following is a list of improvements made between the
November 2021 release and the December 2021 update.
To download the latest release, visit the
Downloads
web page.
You must be logged on as an administrator to install this
software.
Show the Clock Right On Your Braille Display
If you use a braille display that offers status cells,
JAWS and Fusion can now show the time from the system clock in the status cells
of your braille
display. You can even choose between 12 or 24 hour time as
well as display either hours and minutes or minutes and seconds and the time
will automatically
update. Having a running clock right on the braille
display can be helpful when you are giving a presentation or you need to talk
until you reach a specific
time, enabling you to quickly check the time
similar to a user glancing at the on screen clock.
To toggle the clock display in the status cells on or
off, press INSERT+SHIFT+F12, or if using a Focus braille display, LEFT
SHIFT+RIGHT SHIFT+DOTS 1-2-3.
You can also use the Show time in status cells
check box in Settings Center to toggle this feature. If your status cells are
disabled, turning this feature
on also temporarily enables them until you
turn it off. Turning on or off the clock display affects all
applications.
To change how the time is displayed, open Settings
Center, search for "clock," and use the following options:
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• Select or clear the 24 Hour Format
check box to display the clock using either 24 hour or 12 hour time. For
English, the default is to show 12 hour time,
however, this may vary
depending on the active JAWS language.
• Use the Time Format group of radio
buttons to change the clock display between hours and minutes or minutes and
seconds. The default is hours and minutes.
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Both settings can be configured for specific
applications. For example, you might want to change the time format to minutes
and seconds in one application,
but leave it on hours and minutes everywhere
else.
If you prefer not to continuously show the clock,
pressing a Cursor Router over the status cells area on most displays will
briefly show the time as a
flash message and then return to what is currently
being displayed. Alternatively, if the clock is currently being shown, pressing
a Cursor Router over
a status cell causes what would normally be displayed to
be briefly shown as a flash message.
Note: On certain braille displays, the cursor routers and
status cells may have a unique function, which could impact this feature working
completely on
that display.
Other Changes
list of 16 items
• When launching
Teams, Zoom, or Skype, where it is beneficial to separate JAWS speech and audio
in a call or meeting, JAWS or Fusion now displays a dialog
box offering a
quick tip on using the Sound Splitter feature. There is a check box in that
dialog you can select to avoid seeing this reminder in the future.
• The
Audio Ducking feature, which lowers the volume of other programs while JAWS is
speaking, is now unavailable if JAWS has been routed to the left or
right
speaker using Sound Splitter.
• If you are focused on a link in an email
message or web page that you are not sure about, you can now say a command like
"Hey Sharky, Tell Me the Address"
to quickly find out where the link is
going.
• Addressed a reported issue in Word where JAWS was not indicating the
word count status in a document when pressing INSERT+PAGE DOWN.
• Addressed
reported issues where JAWS was not reading the Clipboard History (WINDOWS+V) or
the Emoji panel (WINDOWS+PERIOD) in Windows 11.
• In Google Sheets, resolved
an issue where JAWS was announcing the previous cell along with the current cell
when using table navigation commands (ALT+CTRL+ARROW
keys).
• Added a new
Quick Settings option for Outlook 365 for toggling the sounds heard when the
auto-complete list opens or closes when typing in message header
fields like
To or CC.
• When using JAWS on Citrix, improved performance with navigating
Excel spreadsheets, and resolved an issue with Say All not working correctly in
long
documents.
• JAWS now says "selection deleted" when pressing DELETE
on a selected block of text.
• After deleting a line in Word, resolved a
reported issue where JAWS would only read the first letter of each line while
navigating.
• Resolved an issue in Firefox where JAWS was announcing an extra
item when tabbing into a radio button group.
• Addressed a reported issue
where JAWS would continue to say "star" when pressing BACKSPACE in an empty
login password field.
• When entering text into Word or an Outlook message in
a language other than English, addressed an issue where JAWS was reading as if
there were no spaces
between words. This was observed with several
international languages.
• When pressing CTRL+ENTER in Chrome to open a link
in a new tab and you then used CTRL+TAB to switch to it, resolved an issue where
JAWS would continue
reading the previous page instead of the new page that
gained focus.
• In Google Chat, added the ability to press CTRL+UP ARROW to
display the most recent message from the chat history in the Chat edit field.
This functionality
will be available in an update to Google Chat coming
soon.
• JAWS and Fusion users will now have limited access to Windows
Terminal/PowerShell. The December update has some of this working now and we
will continue
to expand and improve the support for this with upcoming
releases.
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Stay safe & take care. Mike.
Just once, I
want a username and password prompt to say: "Close
Enough!"
