Hi All,
Here's the Jaws2021 January update download
link + what's new in the, JAWS 2021.2012.48, build.
32 & 64 bit download link:
What's new:
Enhancements in JAWS
2021.2012.48 (January 2021)
New Layered Keystrokes for Adjusting JAWS and
System Volume
Many users working with conferencing
applications like Zoom and Teams have raised the issue of JAWS volume blocking
their ability to hear a meeting or
webinar while trying to navigate in other
applications. To solve this issue, we have introduced a new feature that lets
you easily adjust the volume of
JAWS independently from the volume in other
applications, such as Zoom, Teams, Skype, YouTube, or other apps that play
audio.
JAWS and Fusion now offer a set of layered
keystrokes for quickly adjusting volume. To access this layer, press
INSERT+SPACEBAR, followed by V. Next, press
J to control the volume of JAWS
speech or S to control the main system volume. After pressing J or S, use the
ARROW keys to raise or lower the volume in
small increments, or PAGE UP or
PAGE DOWN to raise or lower the volume in larger increments. Press ESC to exit
the layer when finished. Volume changes
remain in effect until you later
adjust them using the same commands.
Note: When adjusting volume with the ARROW
keys or PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN, the lowest level that can be set is 10
percent.
New Voice Assistant Option for Selecting the
Microphone
You now have the option to choose which
microphone the Voice Assistant uses when listening for commands. By designating
a different microphone for this
feature than what is being used for other
applications such as Teams or Zoom, it allows you to mute those applications
during meetings and still use the
Voice Assistant with JAWS, ZoomText, or
Fusion. You can find the Microphone input device combo box under the Voice
Assistant group in Settings Center.
Support for Native Math Equations in Microsoft
Word
JAWS and Fusion now supports reading math
content in Word documents inserted through the Office ribbon without the need
for additional extensions. While
you can still use the MathType extension
from Design Science to create math content, you now have the option to also use
the built-in math creation functionality
in Word. Whether math content was
inserted in a document using the MathType extension or directly through the
Insert tab of the ribbon, when you encounter
a math equation or formula, JAWS
reads the problem and then says "Math Content." You can then press
INSERT+SPACEBAR followed by EQUALS to open the JAWS
Math Viewer so you can
study the equation in greater detail.
Once the Math Viewer is opened, you can
navigate individual parts of an equation, such as variables, terms,
coefficients, or exponents. As you navigate
to the various components,
pressing DOWN ARROW lets you drill down into and navigate within that level of
the equation using LEFT and RIGHT ARROW. Pressing
UP ARROW moves you back to
the prior level. In addition, if you have a Braille display and JAWS is set to
United States English or Unified English Braille
Grade 1 or Grade 2, math
equations or formulas are displayed in Nemeth Braille. Pressing ESC closes the
Math Viewer and return to the document.
Other Changes
list of 16 items
• To
accommodate the new Volume layer keystrokes, the layered command to access the
Braille and Text Viewer layer is now INSERT+SPACEBAR, B.
• When using the
Convenient OCR feature to recognize the current control, screen, or window, you
now have the option to use the Microsoft OCR engine as
this may provide
better OCR results for onscreen images than OmniPage, which is the default. For
example, if you press INSERT+SPACEBAR followed by W to
recognize the
graphical window in an application and you find the results less than
satisfactory, open Settings Center, select the Use Microsoft OCR For
Screen
Recognitions check box, and then try the OCR again.
• You can now have both
the Avoid speech cut off when using Bluetooth headphones or some sound cards and
Lower audio volume of programs while JAWS speaks
options enabled at the same
time in Settings Center. Previously, these two features could not be used
together.
• When using the mouse to select text in Outlook messages, resolved
a long standing issue where pressing CTRL+C was not copying the selected text to
the
Clipboard as expected. This only worked if text was selected using the
keyboard.
• Resolved issues where JAWS and Fusion were not reading as
expected when tabbing through links in Outlook messages.
• In response to
customer feedback, improved the description of the Speak Window Titles for
Read-Only Messages Automatically Quick Settings option.
• JAWS no longer says
"no selection" while navigating through slides while editing a PowerPoint
presentation.
• In Excel, you can now select a range of cells on the current
worksheet similar to how you select a block of text using a PlaceMarker in Word.
To do this
in Excel, press INSERT+WINDOWS+K to set a cell marker on the cell
where you want to begin the selection, move to another location on the same
worksheet,
and then press INSERT+SPACEBAR followed by M to select the cells
between the mark and the current location.
• Resolved an issue where the
Windows 10 Mail app would close unexpectedly when replying to a forwarded
message and you navigate the message contents using
JAWS.
• Addressed a
reported issue where JAWS was not always correctly reading content inside of an
HTML span tag in some situations.
• JAWS now continuously announces
autocomplete information in the web browser address bar as you type.
•
Addressed a reported issue where JAWS was not reading properly in the edit
window of the TextPad application on certain systems with higher DPI
display
settings.
• Addressed an issue with Libre Office Writer where JAWS
focus was not in the document when the application was first opened.
• Added
an updated 64-bit braille display driver from Handy Tech and also added a new
driver from Eurobraille for their Esys and Iris braille displays.
• Resolved
an intermittent issue where JAWS would unexpectedly close when attempting to
connect to a braille display over Bluetooth.
• Improved the user experience
when using JAWS with the Visual Studio Code application. This includes turning
off the Virtual PC Cursor by default, eliminating
the announcement of ARIA
regions, and removing the announcement of a long URL when the program is
launched.
list end
Stay safe and take care.
Mike.