JAWS

It appears the Build 1166 automatic update to JAWS 8.0 may have been pulled this afternoon by Freedom Scientific. I’ve encountered some quirks with the virtual buffer in Internet Explorer 7.0 and Outlook Express since applying this update. Here’s hoping that Freedom Scientific will make some sort of official statement concerning this situation and, further,… Finish Reading JAWS 8.0 Update Build 1166 Appears to Have Been Pulled

It has been reported by a reliable source that Freedom Scientific did not intend to release any JAWS updates till at least Tuesday next week. If you are offered this automatic update through the Help > Check for Updates dialogue, you are strongly encouraged not to accept the update at this time.

It seems that Freedom Scientific has quietly released a third automatic update to JAWS 8.0. Labeled as Build 1171 in the auto update dialogue, its Help > About information indicates Build 1166. After running this new build for approximately 10 minutes now, I have not noticed any significant changes. We are all looking forward to… Finish Reading Freedom Scientific Quietly Releases JAWS 8.0 Update Build 1166, or is that 1171?

After running the new updated JAWS 8 build 1163 since last Wednesday, I am forced to conclude that issues persist with blank virtual buffers in Adobe Reader 8, Internet Explorer 7 and Outlook Express 6. The issue is encountered more and more frequently the longer JAWS runs. They disappear for a time once JAWS is… Finish Reading Blank Virtual Buffers Continue in JAWS 8.0 Build 1163 Update

According to a source I just spoke with in Freedom Scientific’s technical support department, the public beta of JAWS 8.0 supporting Windows Vista is to be released by the end of today, February 28. This public beta will not start automatically when running on Vista. That’s in accordance with the demonstration in Episode #2 of… Finish Reading FS Support Says JAWS 8.0 for Vista Public Beta to be Out by End of Today

Mike Paciello is calling on expert JAWS script writers to help with some important AJAX related work. If you are a top flight scripter, please get in touch with him right away. We’re doing some testing and work on AJAX applications with screen readers. We think we’ve discovered some interesting solutions via JAWS scripts. We’d… Finish Reading A Call to JAWS Scripters to Help with AJAX Applications