Fwd: JAWS for Windows 3.3 and MAGic 6.1 for Windows NT Shipping Now!

From: David Andrews (dandrews@visi.com)
Date: Sat May 22 1999 - 05:35:32 PDT


>Posted-Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 16:23:58 -0500 (CDT)
>From: Wilsonc@hj.com (Wilson Craig)
>To: <jfw@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au>
>Subject: JAWS for Windows 3.3 and MAGic 6.1 for Windows NT Shipping Now!
>Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 17:19:49 -0400
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>Dear Members of the JFW List Serve:
>
>Shipments of JAWS for Windows 3.3 and MAGic 6.1 for Windows NT began today,
>and staff members will be working through the weekend to get the products
>out. I have attached two press releases regarding the shipments below.
>
>Regards,
>
>Wilson Craig
>Marketing Manager/Webmaster
>Henter-Joyce, Inc.
>11800 31st Court North
>St. Petersburg, FL 33716
>1-800-336-5658
>727-803-8000
>www.hj.com
>
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>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 1999
>
>FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT
>Wilson Craig, Marketing Manager/Webmaster
>Henter-Joyce, Inc.
>1-800-336-5658
>E-mail wilsonc@hj.com
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>JAWS for Windows 3.3 Now Shipping from Henter-Joyce
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>St. Petersburg, Fla. -- May 20, 1999 -- Henter-Joyce, Inc. has announced the
>shipment of JAWS for Windows 3.3 Screen Reader Software. Software
>Maintenance Agreement (SMA) and JFW Upgrade shipments will be sent first,
>with full product shipments to begin soon after.
>The newest version of JAWS for Windows includes a number of new features and
>functions, including compatibility with MAGic 6.1 Screen Magnification
>Software and support for many popular applications, including Microsoft
>Internet Explorer 5, Office 2000, PowerPoint 97, RealPlayer G2, and GoldMine
>4.0 Contact Management Software. Improved scripts have been provided for
>Access 97, Excel 97, Outlook 98, Word 97, Eudora Pro, and Eudora Lite.
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>JAWS for Windows 3.3 also features new and improved voices in the FREE
>Eloquence for JFW software speech synthesizer; the ability to read or
>navigate by sentence or paragraph; SayAll by sentences or paragraphs; read
>blank lines in SayAll; a JAWS Message Voice; a System Tray Dialog Box; text
>attribute and formatting announcements and an Auto Graphics Labeler.
>Additional features include Grade 2 Braille translation; HJPad - a
>comprehensive word processor/training tool application; a window list; key
>labeling/silencing; announcement of cursor shape; mouse click interrupts
>speech; improved scripting capabilities; improved laptop keyboard layout;
>network authorization; support for the Apollo 2 External Synthesizer in
>Windows NT; ECO Braille display support; and the inclusion of the Microsoft
>Text-to-Speech Engine on the CD ROM.
>For detailed information, please visit the Henter-Joyce web site at
>www.hj.com.
>
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>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 1999
>
>FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT
>Wilson Craig, Marketing Manager/Webmaster
>Henter-Joyce, Inc.
>1-800-336-5658
>E-mail: wilsonc@hj.com
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>MAGic 6.1 Screen Magnification Software for Windows NT 4.0
>Now Shipping from Henter-Joyce
>
>St. Petersburg, Fla. -- May 20, 1999 -- Henter-Joyce, Inc. has announced the
>release and shipment of MAGic 6.1 for Windows NT.
>The newest version of MAGic Screen Magnification Software, a product line
>acquired by Henter-Joyce from Microsystems Software, Inc. in June 1997, is
>available as a free upgrade to anyone who has purchased it from Henter-Joyce
>since the acquisition. Those who purchased MAGic from Henter-Joyce and wish
>to receive the upgrade may use the forms provided with the software or print
>and fax the form found on the company web site at www.hj.com. Only the
>version designed for use in Windows NT is currently being shipped, but MAGic
>6.1 with support for Windows 98 and 95 will be available soon.
>MAGic 6.1 includes many features and functions not found in previous
>releases. Some of these include compatibility with JAWS for Windows Screen
>Reader Software; a redesigned graphic interface for low-vision users and
>pop-up help for all active items on the user interface.
>MAGic 6.1 also features seven different magnification modes, including
>horizontal and vertical split-screens, a lens that tracks the mouse pointer,
>a lens that tracks the focused item, a magnification overlay, full screen
>magnification and no magnification.
>Additional features include user-customized smoothing of on-screen items
>including fonts and graphics; choice of cursor colors and shapes;
>independent mouse magnification settings; user-customized screen color
>settings to screen out unwanted colors; custom border width and color
>settings; a choice of screen locators to show relation of magnification to
>full screen and automatic tracking and stop/start controls.
>For detailed information, please visit the Henter-Joyce web site at
>www.hj.com.
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