JAWS 8.0 Has Arrived!

By Dr. Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner, Student Computing Services Manager

JAWS 8.0 has arrived and all licensing and metering configurations have been tested and concluded. It is now ready for deployment across the UNT campuses. According to the Freedom Scientific Website, this latest version of JAWS features:

A more natural sounding "realspeak Solo" synthesized voice which makes listening to longer texts a much more pleasant experience,

The remembering of the last twenty web searches which can be accessed via a dropdown list,

Better support for Internet Explorer 7 and better support for dynamically-changing web pages.

AOL Instant Messenger 6.0 support.

Other enhancements include better user-created controls and better reading of footnotes and endnotes. If you already have JAWS 7 installed on a workstation, upgrading to JAW 8 is as simple as putting the CD-ROM in the machine drive and running the installer (no need to remove JAWS 7 first). The application is automatically upgraded and the licensing is set up and taken care of too. If you have not previously installed JAWS on a machine and are starting from scratch, the instructions for installation can be found in this previous Benchmarks Online article.

JAWS 8.0 CDs can be picked up at Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner's office located in ISB 129.

Please note that information published in Benchmarks Online is likely to degrade over time, especially links to various Websites. To make sure you have the most current information on a specific topic, it may be best to search the UNT Website - http://www.unt.edu . You can also search Benchmarks Online - http://www.unt.edu/benchmarks/archives/back.htm as well as consult the UNT Helpdesk - http://www.unt.edu/helpdesk/ Questions and comments should be directed to benchmarks@unt.edu

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