Awesome! I listened to the review of JAWS 5.0 done on Main Menu from the UK,
and this version truly sounds like a winner, not that the other products
from FS that I've worked with haven't been. One of the things I'm especially
excited about in this new release is that the public beta will actually be
for those of us whose SMA's have expired, in addition to those who still
have upgrades remaining on their SMA. I'm in a sticky situation right now as
far as finances are concerned, and also this will give me a chance to work
with my sister a bit on the new version of JAWS. She hasn't had that much
experience with screen-readers, or Braille displays for that matter.
Jacob
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From: "Ted Chittenden" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 6:52 PM
Subject: Fwd: Fw: news about jaws
Hi to all. This message about JAWS 5.0 came courtesy of my brother David.
Please note the change in public Beta testing and how one gets the new
version licensed.
To all, take care
Ted Chittenden
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>Subject: Fw: news about jaws
>Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 15:25:35 -0700
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>Subject: news about jaws
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>FYI
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>JAWS 5.0 is getting closer everyday. In July I unveiled the product for
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>the first time to the public at Sight Village in the UK. It was met
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>there with rave reviews and one of the presentations was recorded by the
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>ACB Main Menu Program (http://www.acbradio.org/mainmenu.html) and was
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>aired last week. In that program I discussed and demonstrated many of
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>the new features of 5.0 and your customers may be listening and starting
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>to ask questions. Below, I have listed without great detail, the main
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>new components in 5.0. I encourage all of you to watch for the complete
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>What's New write up coming in the next couple weeks just prior to the
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>Public Beta Posting. In that write up, everything should be finalized.
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>First, some of the obvious questions:
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>Is JAWS 5.0 an SMA upgrade (i.e., a paid for upgrade)?
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>Yes. It will count as an SMA upgrade.
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>If someone buys JAWS 4.51 today, will they get 5.0 as a free upgrade
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>since it is so near?
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>Yes. Keeping with our history of including purchases up to 60 days
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>before release, we have determined that all JAWS 4.51 products sold from
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>July 15, 2003 till the final release and shipment of 5.0, will be
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>entitled to receive a free upgrade to the 5.0 version.
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>What will the actual release date be?
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>We are targeting the third week of September 2003 as the posting time
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>for the final release. This would mean JAWS 5.0 packages will be
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>shipping before the end of September if all goes as planned.
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>Will there be a Public Beta release?
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>Yes, we intend to be in Public Beta by August 15, 2003. Keeping our
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>fingers crossed that all the necessary testing is completed and passed
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>of course.
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>Who will be entitled to try out the Public Beta?
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>Everyone will be welcome to run the Public Beta this time. It will
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>actually be posted as a Full working 30 day Demo that does not require
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>anyone to actually own a license of JAWS at this time. This is a
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>significant change in how things have worked in the past and will create
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>a lot of excitement about JAWS 5.0, even for the users of other products
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>I think.
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>So what are the significant new changes we can expect in JAWS 5.0?
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>1. With the release of JAWS 5.0, we are introducing a new Internet Based
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>Authorization routine that will replace the need for Authorization Disks
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>for this release and future versions. Users will be able to keep their
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>older versions installed if they would like but they will have to
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>maintain the Quella Auth Key on their computer for those versions. The
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>new Authorization can be installed on the same computer with the older
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>versions but the new scheme will only authorize the new versions. We
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>will publish a complete list of Frequently Asked Questions regarding
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>this new Authorization shortly and I ask that you hold your questions
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>till I get this to you in the next few days. Please be assured that
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>every effort is being made to make sure that this new system is easy to
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>use and that users will find the new scheme acceptable. One of the
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>biggest questions that came up from Main Menu is a concern that the new
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>Scheme offers users 3 Installations rather than the 5 keys offered on
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>the Disk. The very simple answer to that is that we can very easily
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>reset their Install count upon request and will gladly do so after they
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>have registered with the system and used their first 3 installations. I
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>will explain this in more detail with the FAQ notice.
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>** Note that this new solution will be limited to the English Speaking
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>main markets at this time and we will maintain a Quella Solution for
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>Schools and Corporate customers that are not able or willing to change
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>to the new scheme on the initial release.
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>2. Another significant feature in JAWS 5.0 is the introduction of
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>something called "PlaceMarkers" which can be used on any HTML pages to
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>set up quick reference points of navigation they can use the next time
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>they visit this page. This is a great new innovation exclusive to JAWS
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>that will be used by home users that just browse the web and
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>professionals that work in HTML based applications. It is very user
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>friendly and the PlaceMarkers can be passed from one user to another so
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>they will be shared by many I'm sure.
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>3. With all of JAWS' ability to customize via configuration manager and
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>the Verbosity Dialog box for web pages, users have long requested a way
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>to make these modifications web page or domain specific. In JAWS 5.0,
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>you now have User Definable Page specific settings that will kick in
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>every time you visit a particular site. Now, they will have all the
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>power and the ability to have it remember different preferences on
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>various pages automatically.
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>4. You've heard of Select a Link and Select a Heading? We introduced
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>these concepts to screen reading in IE and now we are going to offer
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>Select a Form Field with Insert F5. This is great and actually puts you
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>into forms mode automatically when you choose the control you want from
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>the list.
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>5. We have added a new Speech and Sounds Manager that will really begin
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>to give users control of how JAWS communicates information to them.
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>Rather than having JAWS announce the fact that you are reading a link or
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>a header on a web page, how would you like to hear them spoken in a
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>different voice or pitch? How about when you are proof reading a
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>document? Would you like to get JAWS to switch the voice or its settings
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>based on font, point size, attributes, color, or even change when
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>reading text inside of quotes? How about if we could play a sound to
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>convey information like indentation or to tell you the state of a
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>control? All of this is build in and user definable with prepackaged
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>schemes that user can select and modify out of the box. This is a break
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>through in Windows screen reading never before experienced and the users
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>are going to love it.
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>6. Language switching on the fly? JAWS can detect the language of the
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>HTML content being read in IE and switch the synthesizer language
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>regardless of it being a SAPI 5 synthesizer. You can also get JAWS to
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>switch the Synth Language based on color of the text or may you even
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>want to set up a dictionary rule and make language the change rather
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>than pronunciation.
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>7. In JAWS 5.0, we have re-written our access to supporting Java
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>Applications. We had reached some limits in our original implementation
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>and with this release, it is completely re-done and is proving to be
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>very well accepted in Private Beta Testing.
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>The list goes on and on. Visual Studio .NET, AIM 5.2, MS Access 2000 and
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>XP, and more. The team has been very busy during the past year and our
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>customers are going to recognize it and reward us by purchasing
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>upgrades!
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>Keep your eyes and ears posted for the complete write up of the What's
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>New and the recorded demonstrations we will put on our site in mp3
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>format (coming soon).
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>Regards,
>
>Eric Damery
>
>Vice President
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>Product Management Software
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