Re: Announcing 3.0 release of JAWS scripts for Mozilla Thunderbird

On 12/21/2010 9:14 AM, Jamal Mazrui wrote:
> These are free, open source scripts to improve the accessibility and
> productivity of the Thunderbird email client for users of the JAWS
> screen reader.
>
> Executable installer
> http://EmpowermentZone.com/tb_scr.exe
>
> Zip archive for manual installation
> http://EmpowermentZone.com/tb_scr.zip
>
> The scripts and installer are intended to work with JAWS 10 and above on
> Windows XP and above, either 32 or 64-bit.
>
> Version 3.0
> December 21, 2010
>
> Made hotkeys for reading particular message fields work more reliably:
> Alt+1 through Alt+5 for saying or spelling (when repeated) the From, To,
> CC, BCC, or Subject fields. Press Control+Shift+C to copy the last
> field spoken to the clipboard.
>
> Fixed the Page Urls command, Alt+P. Note that depending on the number
> of urls in the message, there may be a significant delay in extracting
> them. Repeat Alt+P quickly to virtualize the list. Press Enter on an
> item in the list to download it.
>
> Previously, Alt+N or Alt+P could be used in an open message to go to the
> next or prior message in the message list. Now this may be done with
> Alt+PageDown or Alt+PageUp. Also, Alt+Period and Alt+Comma duplicate
> this functionality. A new variation uses Control rather than Alt and
> opens the target message. This is similar to how Control+Period and
> Control+Comma work for navigating open messages in Microsoft Outlook or
> Outlook Express. Control+PageDown and Control+PageUp duplicate this.
> Control+Slash may be used to read the currently open message instead of
> navigating to another one.
>
> Made the reading of message columns configurable. Use the new Script
> Options command, Alt+Shift+O, to define what columns in a message list
> are automatically spoken. An edit box lets you specify a sequence of
> characters corresponding to the initial letters of one or more of the
> following message fields to be spoken: CC, From, Subject and To. Use a
> lower case letter to hear only the data in the field, if any. Use an
> upper case letter to hear the field label spoken before the field data.
> The default sequence is as follows:
>
> fstC
>
> This means that the From (sender) field will be spoken, followed by the
> Subject field, and then the To (recipient) field. Since these letters
> are lower case, field labels will not be spoken before the data. The
> last letter, however, is a capital C, so if a CC recipient is found, the
> word "CC" will be spoken before it. This helps to differentiate CC from
> To recipients when hearing a message summary in the list.
>
> In order for the scripts to find certain fields (the To and CC fields),
> Thunderbird must be configured to show the message preview pane. This
> may be toggled with the F8 key. A new script attached to this key will
> say either "Message Preview On" or "No Message Preview" depending on the
> result of the toggle.
>
> In case changes in this version of the scripts inadvertently reduce
> functionality you experienced in the prior version, it is still
> available at these locations:
>
> Executable installer
> http://EmpowermentZone.com/tb_scr29.exe
>
> Zip archive
> http://EmpowermentZone.com/tb_scr29.zip
>
>
> Jamal

Thanks Jamal

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