FACTOID # 122: If you're Dutch or Swedish, you're among the world's most likely to end up living in a retirement home. If you're Japanese, you'll probably end up living with your children.
 
 Home   Encyclopedia   Statistics   Countries A-Z   Flags   Maps   Education   Forum   FAQ   About 
 
WHAT'S NEW
RECENT ARTICLES
More Recent Articles »
 

FACTS & STATISTICS    Simple view

  1. Select countries to view: (hold down Control key and click to select several)

     

     

    Compare:

     

     
  1. Select fact or statistic: (* = graphable)

     

     

     

  2. (OPTIONAL) Compare to statistic: (both need to be graphable)

     

     

     

  3. View result as:

     

       
(OR) SEARCH ALL encyclopedia, stats & forums:   

Encyclopedia > JAWS (screen reader)

JAWS (an acronym for Job Access With Speech) is a screen reader, a software program for visually impaired users produced by the Blind and Low Vision Group at Freedom Scientific of St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. Its purpose is to make personal computers using Microsoft Windows accessible to blind and visually impaired users. It accomplishes this by providing the user with access to the information displayed on the screen via text-to-speech or by means of a braille display, and allows for more comprehensive keyboard interaction with the computer. A screen reader is a software application that attempts to identify and interpret what is being displayed on the screen. ... Blindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or psychological factors. ... Freedom Scientific is a corporation which researches, creates and sells technology to blind people, including software which uses voice synthesizers and the braille code. ... Nickname: Floridas Sunshine City Location of the city proper in the state of Florida Coordinates: Country United States State Florida County Pinellas County Founded 1876 Incorporated February 29, 1892 Mayor Rick Baker Area    - City 344. ... Microsoft Windows is a family of operating systems by Microsoft. ... Speech synthesis is the artificial production of human speech. ... A refreshable Braille display is an electro-mechanical device for displaying Braille characters, usually by means of raising dots through holes in a flat surface. ...


It also allows users to create custom scripts which can alter the amount and type of information which is presented by different applications, and ultimately make programs that were not designed for accessibility (such as programs that do not use standard Windows controls) usable through JAWS. Scripting programming languages (commonly called scripting languages or script languages) are computer programming languages designed for scripting the operation of a computer. ...

Contents

History

JAWS was originally released in 1989 by Ted Henter, a former motorcycle racer who lost his sight in a 1978 automobile accident. In 1985, Henter, along with a $180,000USD investment from Bill Joyce, founded the Henter-Joyce Corporation in St. Petersburg, Florida. Joyce sold his interest in the company back to Ted Henter sometime in 1990. In April 2000, Henter-Joyce, Blazie Engineering, and Arkenstone, Inc. merged to form Freedom Scientific. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ted Henter is an American computer programmer. ... Nickname: Floridas Sunshine City Location of the city proper in the state of Florida Coordinates: Country United States State Florida County Pinellas County Founded 1876 Incorporated February 29, 1892 Mayor Rick Baker Area    - City 344. ...


JAWS was originally created for the MS-DOS operating system. It was one of several screen readers giving blind users access to text-mode DOS applications. A feature unique to JAWS at the time was it's use of cascading menus, in the style of the popular Lotus 1-2-3 application. What set JAWS apart from other screen readers of the era was its use of macros that allowed users to customize the user interface and work better with various applications. Microsofts disk operating system, MS-DOS, was Microsofts implementation of DOS, which was the first popular operating system for the IBM PC, and until recently, was widely used on the PC compatible platform. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A macro (short for macrodefinition[citation needed]) in computer science is an abstraction, that defines how a certain input pattern is replaced by an output pattern according to a defined set of rules. ...


Ted Henter and Rex Skipper wrote the original JAWS code in the mid-1980's, releasing version 2.0 in mid-1990. Skipper left the company, who hired Charles Oppermann to maintain and improve the product. Oppermann and Henter continually added minor and major features and frequently released new versions. Freedom Scientific now offer JAWS for DOS as a freeware download from their web site. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


In 1994, Henter-Joyce released a highly-modified version of JAWS for people with learning disabilities. The new product was called WordScholar and is no longer available.


In 1992, as Microsoft Windows became more popular, Oppermann started to design a new version of JAWS. A principle design goal was to not interfere with the natural user interface of Windows and to continue to provide a strong macro facility. Test and beta versions of JAWS for Windows (JFW) were shown at conferences throughout 1993 and 1994. During this time, developer Glen Gordon started working on the code, ultimately taking over it's development when Oppermann was hired by Microsoft in November, 1994. Shortly afterwards, in January 1995, JAWS for Windows 1.0 was released. Microsoft Windows is a family of operating systems by Microsoft. ...


Currently a new revision of JAWS for Windows is released about once a year, with minor updates in between.


Release history

Version Release date Significant changes
JFW 1.0 January 1995 First version for Windows, supported Windows 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11
JFW 4.0 14 September 2001
  • Many changes to user interface
  • Optional tutor and access key help added [1]
JFW 4.5 August 30, 2002
  • Quick navigation keys added to Internet Explorer, for navigating between HTML elements on a page [2]
JFW 5.0 October 9, 2003 [1] |
  • Many improvements with Internet support
  • Speech and Sounds Manager, for indication of fonts, controls and web page elements. [3]
JFW 6.0 3 March 2005 [2]
JFW 7.0 14 October 2005 [3]
JFW 7.1 21 June 2006
JFW 8.0 17 November 2006

A typical Windows 3. ... The Windows 3. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Product activation is a license validation procedure required by some computer software programs. ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... A USB drive, shown with a 24 mm U.S. quarter coin for scale. ... Firefox redirects here. ... Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented graphical user interface-based operating system. ... June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Document Object Model (DOM) is a description of how an HTML or XML document is represented in a tree structure. ... In computing, HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is the predominant markup language for the creation of web pages. ... 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Windows 98 (codenamed Memphis) is a graphical operating system released on June 25, 1998 by Microsoft and the successor to Windows 95. ... Windows Me (IPA pronunciation: ), also known as Windows Millennium Edition is a hybrid 16-bit/32-bit graphical operating system released on September 14, 2000 by Microsoft. ...

References

  1. ^ What's New in JAWS 4.0 accessed 24 November 2006
  2. ^ What's New in JAWS 4.5 accessed 24 November 2006
  3. ^ What's New in JAWS 5.0 accessed 24 November 2006
  4. ^ What's new in JAWS 6.0 accessed 24 November 2006
  5. ^ What's New in JAWS 7.0, accessed 24 November 2006
  6. ^ What's New in JAWS 7.10, accessed 24 November 2006
  7. ^ What's New in JAWS 8.0, accessed 24 November 2006

November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

 

COMMENTARY     


Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here
Your name
Your comments
Please enter the 5-letter protection code

Want to know more?
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:
 


Lesson Plans | Student Area | Student FAQ | Reviews | Press Releases |  Feeds | Contact
The Wikipedia article included on this page is licensed under the GFDL.
Images may be subject to relevant owners' copyright.
All other elements are (c) copyright NationMaster.com 2003-5. All Rights Reserved.
Usage implies agreement with terms.